In article , PJ Hunt wrote:
Hey Brian,

For simplicities sake, it's not necessary to include the '/index.html' on
the end of your URL since index.html is a default page anyway.

In other words, people will still get there by simply typing
www.warbard.ca/avgas.

Actually, "index.html" is not always the default page. It's up
to the system administrator when the web server software is installed
to determine what (if any) the "default" page will be.

True, it's somewhat accepted that "index.html" will be the default,
but it's not always wise to make that assumption.