BASE element

BELL Scott A (bell_scott_a@oslmac.osl.or.gov)
Sat, 20 May 1995 15:53:11 +0500

Where exactly does the HTTP server resolve the address of a BASE URI?
Let's say I have a heirarchy as follows:

Desktop <-http server launched from here
|
Projects
|
userhome
|
userpg.html

If I set the userpg.html BASE element to the following:
<BASE HREF="http://<my IP addr here>/Projects/userhome/
userpg.html"

Does the server look for relative links from the "userhome" level now?
In other words, if a BASE element isn't specified, will the server use
it's launching point( Desktop, in this case ) as it's base directory?

Thanks,
Scott
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