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asp.net 2010 url

scampercat

14y1.5k.NET

I have a C# 2010 web application that I am going to be setting up.

If I want to point to a file on my C drive like C:\work\app, how does this translate to a url on the internet?
I know localhost would be part of it. However, what would be the rest of the url?

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Vulpes14y ago
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You need to use the 'file' URI scheme for that:

file://localhost/c:/work/app

or, you can omit localhost, which would leave you with:

file:///c:/work/app
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Vulpes14y ago
If you type a URL like that into a browser, you'll almost certainly get an HTTP error 404 - not found.

This is because you're using the wrong scheme (http://) to access a file on the local machine.
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scampercat14y ago
What does the url translate to?

http://localhost/c:/work/app ?
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