Problem solved by pathcing the href in the outgoing response. Mike. -- Michael D. Berger m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael D. Berger [mailto:m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 12:34 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [users@httpd] Newbie CGI: nested href > > > I have a legacy tree with numerous branches, and many relative links. > I was hoping to get it all with one CGI. > Mike. > > -- > Michael D. Berger > m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Mahoney, System Admin [mailto:danm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 12:32 AM > > To: Apache-Users > > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Newbie CGI: nested href > > > > > > On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Michael D. Berger wrote: > > > > Try putting the cgi in the same directory as the html file > > and turning on > > execCGI in that directory? That's the easy answer. I > > suppose there's > > something harder involving mod_rewrite. > > > > But since you're parsing the html anyway, you could rewrite > > them on the > > fly, too. > > > > Your call. > > > > > > > I wrote a CGI that opens an html file, reads it and sends > > > it out (with some modification). Now these files contain > > > relative links of the form: > > > <a href="someFile.html">something</a> > > > Now when the client clicks on "something", only the relative > > > paths appear to the CGI, and I cannot open the file. > > > > > > What should I do? > > > 1. I could carry the last path in a cookie and construct > > > the full path. But this would only work for nodes > > > that accept cookies. > > > > > > 2. I could change all the paths to absolute. Much much > > > work. > > > > > > Any better suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Mike. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Michael D. Berger > > > m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > > Server Project. > > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > -- > > > > [23:49:00] LarpGM: Did my little TP comment scare you off? > > [23:49:22] ilzarion: no, the shrieking retarded child eating > > people did > > > > -Feb 06, 2001, times apparent. > > > > > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > > Site: http://www.gushi.org > > --------------------------- > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > > Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx