RedirectMatch?

Post #279,595 by cwbrenn 3/26/07 12:58:16 PM Reply	RedirectMatch? I think the way to cut down on the size of this file is to use RedirectMatch instead of Redirect... RedirectMatch lets you use wildcards. Alas, I'm not quite familiar with how it's supposed to work, so this is a guess: move all png files starting with "hd" from /comics to /files/comics/hd: RedirectMatch 301 /comics/hd(.*)\\.png$ [link\|http://ubersoft.net/files/comics/hd$1\|http://ubersoft.net/files/comics/hd$1] ... does that look right? "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #279,597 by folkert 3/26/07 1:00:56 PM Reply	you might not even need the... http://ubersoft.net part. Though I haven't done any mass relocations like that ever. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #279,599 by cwbrenn 3/26/07 1:05:00 PM Reply	But are the wildcards used correctly? That's the part I'm nervous about. Also, if I wanted to redirect a number of files to a specific page: "all html files in the 'd' directory starting with 'hd1996' to '[link\|http://ubersoft.net/comic/hd/archives/1996'\|http://ubersoft.net/...hd/archives/1996'] " would I just drop the "$1", i.e. RedirectMatch 301 /d/hd1996(.*)\\.html$ [link\|http://ubersoft.net/comic/hd/archives/1996\|http://ubersoft.net/.../hd/archives/1996] ... and if I did that would it be appropriate to use the 301, or would it be more accurate to use one of the other redirect #'s? I'm pretty new at this... the stuff I've googled doesn't quite cover it, or the conversations and explanations assume a much higher familiarity with the subject than I have... and the apache documentation, unfortunately, is rather like reading sanskrit. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #279,601 by folkert 3/26/07 1:16:02 PM Reply	Looks like it. According to current Apache docs: [link\|http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_alias.html#redirectmatch\|apache 1.3 mod_alias docs] RedirectMatch (.)\\.gif$ [link\|http://www.anotherserver.com$1.jpg\|http://www.anotherserver.com$1.jpg] Just add the parts you need. But it appears you are good. Nothing a test wouldn't fix. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.

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