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Michael D. Berger wrote:
> [...]
>
>>From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> [...]
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>>Michael D. Berger wrote:
>>
>>>The following:
>>
>>> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/picts/.*$
>>> RewriteRule ^/(.*/)?$ /index.cgi [L]
...
> The picts line is functioning as expected. Such lines are
> handled differently elsewhere. With regard to the RewriteRule
> line, this is functioning correctly only of you ignore the
> '$' end-of-line anchor. From a linux box:
>
> echo // | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
> //
> echo / | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
> /
> echo /x.y | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
That's correct. It doesn't match, because the (.*/) is optional, and
when it's *not* there, then the regex is equivalent to ^/$ - ie, it
insists that it ends with the slash, which this string does not do.
> echo /x.y/ | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
> /x.y/
>
> Notice the one line that doesn't echo. BTW, this is exactly
> what I am trying to do. The question is why the difference
> between grep -P and RewriteRule? I have yet to follow the
> advice in another response and turn on logging.
I'm sorry, it's still not clear what you're trying to accomplish with
these rules. Can you state in words what the rules are supposed to solve?
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Rich Bowen
rbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx
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