> -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Slive [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 10:19 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Block File Types > > > On 8/6/05, Michael D. Berger <m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > I was afraid of that. The query string is not matched either in > <Files> or in %{REQUEST_URI}. If you need to match against the query > string, then you need to use mod_rewrite's %{QUERY_STRING} variable. > But I guess in your case it doesn't matter. > > Joshua. You are correct. In this case, I only wanted to prevent the argument string from intefering with detection of the file I do not want to send. Should I perhaps use both methods, since in any case, I have the RewriteEngine running for other reasons? Thanks, 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