> Jonathan Knoll: > >> User-agent: * > >> Disallow: /cgi-bin > >> Disallow: /site > > Klaus Johannes Rusch: > > /cgi-bin/test.cgi > > /siteindex.html > > would be excluded. > > But what about these paths (in the same root dir): > > /foo/cgi-bin/test.cgi > /bar/user1/cgi-bin/test.sgi > /bar/user2/cgi-bin/test.cgi
> > Does the wildcard function recognize specified strings elsewhere (later) > than in the immediate beginning of a path? The draft specification is quite clear on this: the strings are compared octet by octet until the Allow / Disallow string ends, in which case this rule matches, or until a mismatch is found. From the spec: " The matching process compares every octet in the path portion of the URL and the path from the record. [...] The match evaluates positively if and only if the end of the path from the record is reached before a difference in octets is encountered." Regards, Martin -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
