file:/// protocol

[David Aldrich <da...@t-modus.nec.co.uk>]

Hi
 
I would like to understand how a file:/// <file:///>  url works.
Consider a command such as:
 
svn co file:///usr/local/svn-repos/sesame/trunk
<file:///usr/local/svn-repos/sesame/trunk>  sesame
 
here /usr/local/svn-repos is an actual path in the operating system's
file system. But /sesame/trunk is a path within Subversion's file
system. So the above url does not point to a literal file.
 
What magic does file:/// <file:///>  perform to make this work?
 
Just curious.

David 

RE: file:/// protocol

[Jason Winnebeck <jp...@rit.edu>]

I wouldn't be surprised if what happens is it starts at usr and scans for the repository files there, then tries /usr/local and so on until it finds the root, and then it looks into the repo.

Jason

________________________________________
From: David Aldrich [mailto:david.aldrich@t-modus.nec.co.uk] 

Hi
 
I would like to understand how a file:/// url works. Consider a command such as:
 
svn co file:///usr/local/svn-repos/sesame/trunk sesame
 
here /usr/local/svn-repos is an actual path in the operating system's file system. But /sesame/trunk is a path within Subversion's file system. So the above url does not point to a literal file.
 
What magic does file:/// perform to make this work?
 
Just curious.
David 

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