2015-05-01 16:00 GMT+02:00 David A. Cobb <superbiskit@xxxxxxx>: [...] > However, if I click the URL file in a "Directory List" served from Apache, I > get the plain text file displayed. I can go to the target with one or two > extra steps, but it's a PITA. It's a text file, so that's the expected result, since there are no special handlers for .url-Files in httpd. > It seems what I should do is to parse the file in the server and send a > "Permanently Moved To" redirection to the browser. I don't think you can achieve this with the likes of mod_rewrite, mod_setenvif etc. It should require a proper program, e.g. via CGI, mod_perl mod_php or the likes, plus probably a RewriteRule to start the script whenever a .url file is requested. Or maybe mod_lua and a LuaOutputFilter. > Or, I suppose, I could simply do the redirection; but somehow that feels less safe. Not sure what you're trying to say here. > Now, if I can be allowed a second question in the same post, can I do the > same thing with Microsoft ".lnk" shortcuts? It would be a simple script > operation to transform the local FileSystem path to a "localhost:8080/" > path. That's actually not trivial in the general case, since it's not necessarily obvious how file system paths map to URLs. rainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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