What is the difference?

[jupiter25]

What is the difference between these two URLs:

(1) www.mysite.com/info
(2) www.mysite.com/info/

I know one has the trailing slash. However, I see people giving option (1) as a web address in commercials on TV. What exactly do you call this and how can I set up a similar situation on website. In other words I would like to have my visitors type in www.mysite.com/info and have them actually be sent to a webpage on my site.

Thank in advance for any help you can provide.

[Banfa]

Nothing.

In general as long as there is an index.html in a folder then if that folder name is requested without a filename the webserver will automatically return index.html.

[drhowarddrfine]

There is a subtle difference but I don't recall the exact details. The ending slash is automatically inserted by most servers or assumed by browsers. The standards require it but it gets assumed and inserted like I said.

I'll have to look that up sometime.

[jupiter25]

Thank you for responding. It has been driving me crazy and I couldn't get an answer from the folks at Yahoo!

[jupiter25]

Thanks for your reply. It was helpful.

[acoder]

See here for an example/explanation of what happens if you miss the trailing slash.

[MMcCarthy]

See here for an example/explanation of what happens if you miss the trailing slash.

That's a good explanation.

[DeWittds]

I think if there is a file called info then the first method would try to retrieve it. The second method would look to the info directory