http://locahost/~johndoe/ VS. http://localhost/%7Ejohndoe/

Hello,

I would like to know precisely why when I access my apache web server with
mozilla the URL in the toolbar is changing from

http://locahost/~johndoe/

to

http://localhost/%7Ejohndoe/

What is the exact reason for this conversion?
It seems rather unnecessary to me.

Thanks,

Neil

Neil Zanella wrote:

> I would like to know precisely why when I access my apache web server with
> mozilla the URL in the toolbar is changing from
>
> http://locahost/~johndoe/
>
> to
>
> http://localhost/%7Ejohndoe/
>
> What is the exact reason for this conversion?
> It seems rather unnecessary to me.

The two URLs are equivalent, %7E is the URL-encoding for the character '~'.
The %7E format can be reliably transmitted by email, whereas the tilde
character may be subject to conversion and may not render correctly on some
systems.

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Klaus Johannes Rusch
KlausRusch@atmedia.net
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