Name

makeurl — construct url's based on hostname, port.

Synopsis

::rivet::makeurl ?filename?

Description

Create a self referencing URL from a filename. makeurl can be used in three ways

  • No argument is passed to the command (returns the current script URL)
  • A relative style path is passed (returns the argument prepended with the current script's URL
  • An absolute path is passed to the command: (returns the full URL to the resource)

Example of absolute path:

::rivet::makeurl /tclp.gif

returns http://[hostname]:[port]/tclp.gif. where hostname and port are the hostname and port of the server in question. The protocol prefix is inferred from the protocol in the URL referencing the script.