[gPXE-devel] FW: [gPXE] environment variable expansion in 'filename'?

Michael Brown mbrown at fensystems.co.uk
Sun May 23 14:38:33 EDT 2010


On Friday 21 May 2010 14:04:00 Jarrod Johnson wrote:
> Ah, well, if not that, then would a syntax like 'http:///filename' be a
>  good way to request relative path?

I don't think that URI syntax allows you any way to specify a cross-protocol 
relative path.  What you're proposing there is effectively a non-standard 
extension to URI syntax.  (Not saying that it shouldn't be done, just that 
it's worth being aware of the standard that's being broken.)

Michael


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