[plug] Apache doesnt like filenames with spaces

[Kim Covil]

> On the Apache subject, why doesnt apache like links to files with spaces
> in the name?
>  e.g. <A HREF="file name.html">  works with file: acces in
> netscape, but apache goes looking for "file". I would have expected in a
> Unix culture, that the double quotes would be respected. Is this the fault
> of Apache, or some weird aspect of the HTML specification?

I think it is more to do with the HTTP standard which as far as I
remember doesn't allow spaces... you need to encode them... %20 off the
top of my head

Cheers

Kim

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