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Title: robot.txt must be robots.txt
Type: Stage:
Components: None Versions: Python 2.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: accepted
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: quiver, rhettinger
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2004-03-07 15:02 by quiver, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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robot.patch quiver, 2004-03-07 15:02
Messages (2)
msg45478 - (view) Author: George Yoshida (quiver) (Python committer) Date: 2004-03-07 15:02
There are some files in the source directory 
where 'robots.txt' is named 'robot.txt'(note the plural).

As specified in norobots-rfc(*), the file name must 
be 'robots.txt'.

* http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/norobots-rfc.html
msg45479 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-03-13 20:40
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Accepted and applied.  Thanks for the patch.

See:  Lib/robotparser.py 1.18 and 1.17.10.1
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:03adminsetgithub: 40011
2004-03-07 15:02:34quivercreate