#This can also be done using File.split / dirname / basename:
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Ilmari Heikkinen [mailto:kig@misfiring.net] wrote:
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#File.dirname "http://foo.com/bar/stuff.html"
##=> "http://foo.com/bar"
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#File.basename "http://foo.com/bar/stuff.html"
##=> "stuff.html"
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#File.split "http://foo.com/bar/stuff.html"
##=> ["http://foo.com/bar", "stuff.html"]
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#File.join( File.dirname("http://foo.com/bar/doc.html"),
#"relative_link.html" )
## => "http://foo.com/bar/relative_link.html"
cool pols, there.
thanks for the tip.
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#Though that probably breaks on Windows since it has backslashes for
#directory separators.
i'm happy to tell you that it does not. surprise 
kind regards -botp
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#Cheers,
#Ilmari Heikkinen
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