Re: mod_rewrite woes

Here's what I think you want (in a .htaccess in /subDir/):

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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If you'd rather it be transparent to the user (that is, they don't see the index.cgi?rm=foo), then change the [L] to [P].

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Re: Re: mod_rewrite woes by geektron (Curate) on Jan 30, 2004 at 01:04 UTC
thanks. i'll have to play with this. it fails with the same problem: `No such run mode ( index.cgi ).` [download] i'll have to read up more later.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: mod_rewrite woes by The Mad Hatter (Priest) on Jan 30, 2004 at 01:11 UTC
FWIW, the example I posted works for me. Anyway, what that error hints to me is that the RewriteCond isn't working correctly (it's not letting requests to index.cgi through, instead it's redirecting them). If you turn on log level 9, mod_rewrite will write out everything it does; that should help in debugging.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: mod_rewrite woes by geektron (Curate) on Jan 30, 2004 at 02:08 UTC
i'll up the debug level tomorrow at work. my assumption is the same. the orig request was to: `www.mydomain.com/subDir/sale` [download] which spat out the error ... if all else fails i don't have to name it index.cgi.	[reply] [d/l]