Re: lynx-dev LYNX: "//localhost//" doesn't work on netcom.com???

[Greg Marr]

>
> A really stupid question:
>
> On my OWN computer (sparcstation 5, solaris 2.51)
> "//localhost//foo/bar/t.html"
> works fine (within bookmarks-file line).
>
> Not so on netcom.
>
> Here are two lines trying it (on netcom):
>
>      39 <LI><a href="http://localhost"; (truncated because it crashes
> eudora...)
>      40 <LI><a href="http://localhost";


You should be using file: instead of http: since http://localhost means
retrieve
the file through the webserver running on this machine.

>
> QUESTION: what does "localhost" REALLY mean?


The machine running the program.

>
> on a stand-alone computer, like mine.


It means your machine.

>
> on a network, like netcom's


If lynx is running on a shell on netcom's machine, it means netcom's machine. 
If lynx is running on your machine and the page is on netcom's machine, it
means your machine.

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