> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Slive [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:40 AM
> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Block File Types
>
>
> On 8/6/05, Michael D. Berger <m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I would like to prevent Apache 2.0 from sending any
> > file of a particular type. In my VirtualHost I put:
> >
> > RewriteEngine on
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*notThis\?*$
> > RewriteRule ^.*$ /zzz [L]
> >
> > Is there a better way?
>
> <FilesMatch ^.*notThis\?*>
> Order Allow,Deny
> Deny from all
> </FilesMatch>
>
> But watch for configuration merging issues (this could be overriden by
> <Location> sections). Also, I have no idea what the \? is supposed to
> be doing.
>
> Joshua.
>
Thanks for this help; it works as advertised. The \?* deals with the
situation in which there are arguments in the request. Experiment
shows that with yout method, the \?* is not necessary.
Mike.
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Michael D. Berger
m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx
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