> Like for example, what if, instead of just sending back the
> document, the server sent the actual true location as a
> redirect (code 301). Say the robot decides to get the
> This may be helpful for robots, but since
> so many URLs are published in the 'short cut' format, I wonder
> whether or not dealing with this redirection frequently
> would slow down normal browsers.
It's not a question of slowdown, but rather, it's one of undermining symbolic
linking in UNIX.
-Ed-
mred@neosoft.com