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<H1><CENTER>Notepad Server Bugs and Gremlins</CENTER></H1>

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  <LI><A NAME="slashBug"></A><B>File Not Found Errors</B><BR>
  This is the most common gremlin and is caused by omitting the trailing
  slash at the end of the default URL. <BR>
  Compare the output of these two URLs:<BR>
  <TT><FONT COLOR="#330099">http://vaughn.life.uiuc.edu/html</FONT></TT><BR>
  Versus<BR>
  <TT><FONT COLOR="#330099">http://vaughn.life.uiuc.edu/html/</FONT></TT><BR>
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  You'll note that the file path for the notes is wrong and leads to a <B>File
  Not Found </B>error if you omit the trailing slash. To solve this until
  I get this bug nailed (it's amazingly insidious), always include the trailing
  slash in the path name.<BR>
  <TT><FONT COLOR="#330099">http://insert.your.ip.here/html/<BR>
  </FONT></TT>
  <LI><B>Server Crashes</B><BR>
  I have found that the server can crash when two people request the same
  document simultaneously or if people are impatient and stop/reload/stop/reload
  their connections. May be able to fix this but it's hard to instantiate
  2 connections simultaneously by myself!<BR>
  
  <LI><B>Failure to RTFM</B><BR>
  This software is easy to use but has a complicated underpinning. If you
  don't have experience with NIE, or you've never made a web page before,
  or you don't have any idea what I mean when I say that the Newton has no
  file and directory structure, you may experience the RTFM bug. To remedy
  this, read the 'Read Me' that came with NIE, Notepad Server, nHTTPd, and
  maybe even your Newton before assuming this doesn't function correctly.
  This is a good practice to get into, anyway :-)<BR>
  
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