Plain text please... Things inside square brackets on a RewriteRule or RewriteCond are "flags" - they modify the way the Cond or Rule is applied. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html and look for "flags" for more details. To answer your specific questions, [OR] performs a logical-OR of two or more RewriteConds, eg RewriteCond cond_1 [OR] RewriteCond cond_2 RewriteRule patt_1 patt_2 means apply the rule if cond_1 OR cond_2 is true. [L] means "last". That is, if you hit this rule, make the rewrite and stop processing any further rewrites for this request. It is a way of jumping out of a series of rules (like "break" in C, or "last" in perl). Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. -----Original Message----- From: senthil kumar [mailto:bsenthil@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Freitag, 13. Januar 2006 10:32 To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] Meaninf of [L] RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host1.* [OR]iteRule ^/$ /homepage.max.html [L]Please suggest the meaning of [OR] ? [L] ? on rewrite rule This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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