davorg, thanks for this example. I have seen URL's like this, but could not figure out how it worked. However, I'm still not sure of the mechanics.

I assume that the index.cgi is in the directory "login" in your example, but does the lone "?" fire the cgi without the need of a program name, as in: /login/index.cgi?mode=new. I.e., the "index.cgi" is not needed, right?

This is the first time I've been exposed to mod_rewrite and have done some Super Searching and found this by Mad Hatter. Would something like this work with your example?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /subDir/
# only redirect if the file requested isn't index.cgi
# capture anything else and redirect it to index.cgi
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^index.cgi
RewriteRule ^(.+)/?$ index.cgi?rm=$1 [L]
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Well, I'll try this to see if it works differently or better than my usual .htaccess:

Options +ExecCGI
SetHandler cgi-script
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