gistfile1.js

~⇾ node --version
v0.3.4
~⇾ node
> var url = require('url');
> url.parse('http://localhost/blah');
{ href: 'http://localhost/blah',
  protocol: 'http:',
  slashes: true,
  host: 'localhost',
  hostname: 'localhost',
  pathname: '/blah' }
> url.parse('file://localhost/blah');
{ href: 'file://localhost/blah',
  protocol: 'file:',
  pathname: '//localhost/blah' }