Re: LYNX-DEV http1.1: 400 bad

[Rick Mallett]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm not sure when this problem started occurring. Latest Lynx release or me
> changing URLs on my site, but now Lynx 2.7.1 gives me a "http 1.1 400 bad"
> message. AOL, netscape and exchange do not.
> 
> Homepage:
> 
> http://www.infozine.com
> 
> these links off it...
> 
> <a href="../toc/main.html"> or <a href="../mirror/index.html">
> 
> make the error come back.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated as we would like to keep our site as
> accessible as possible.
> 

The URL generated by lynx as a result of this reference is as follows:

   http://www.infozine.com/../mirror/index.html

which is basically asking the server to access a directory called `mirror'
which is located one level above the server root directory. This is presumably
not what you want, since a reference to

   http://www.infozine.com/mirror/index.html

actually yields the page entitled `InfoZine - World Wide Mirror'. To correct 
the problem simply replace the ../toc and ../mirror by /toc and /mirror.

It would seem that the other browsers adhere to the principle `do what
I mean not what I say' somewhat better than lynx whose development has
often been driven by demand for a tool which adheres to the philosophy
`do exactly what I tell you to do and do not presume to know what I am
thinking'. 

Hope this helps.

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Rick Mallett
Carleton University

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