I currently have "Location /" mapped to a Index handler which shows the index page. I was thinking about a check like: 
if 
  location isnt mapped in httpd.conf or
  location doesnt exist on file system 
  redirect to profile

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So if someone entered $base_url/$f_id ie: myspace.com/perlmonks

if the httpd.conf doesnt contain "Location /perlmonks" and the file structure doesnt contain the "perlmonks" directory/file redirect to the profile handler.

but not sure how the performance might be. Do you guys think this is an efficient way of doing this?

Checking the file on the file structure would require a stat for each request which can be expensive.

Guess an easier option is to just set up a separate url for profiles. IE: profiles.myspace.com/$f_id

In reply to Re^2: mod rewrite on mod perl handler skip trans handler phase by ducbot
in thread mod rewrite on mod perl handler skip trans handler phase by Anonymous Monk

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