> Jack Bates wrote: > > I'm struggling a bit with this mod_rewrite rule, > > I am a bit intimidated by your detailed explanation and the level of > expertise required to fully understand your requirements, never mind > finding a solution. But reading your post in diagonals gives me the > feeling that maybe the sum of your requirements is just a bit too much > to be covered by generic modules like mod_rewrite et al., which after > all are generic tools and not specifically designed to cover all > possible cases and countercases one could come up with. > It seems like what you want is something like > /foo to deliver /foo.html > except if /foo really exists and is a directory, then you would want > /foo/index.html to be delivered > except if the directory /foo contains a .htaccess, in which case you > want the .htaccess-contained rewrite rules to apply > except if /foo is a sub-directory of another directory already > containing a .htaccess with rewrite rules in it, in which case these > should apply too > I may be jesting a bit, but don't you think this is a bit much to ask ? Thanks Andre - I take you point : ) Just for clarification, I want, * /foo/ to deliver /foo/index.html, or whatever it would naturally deliver * /foo to deliver /foo.html always --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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