On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Tom Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the question is how to handle static files. One idea is to check if > compression is enabled, if so, check if a compressed file exists > (file.ext.gz), use the uncompressed file to figure out the content type, and > return the compressed file (assuming the client sends the correct headers). > > tom jackson
That's pretty much how Apache mod_gzip handles it. It also has an option to create the gzip static file if it doesn't exist or is out of date. That requires a stat() but you're already checking for file existence anyway so it's not too big a deal (and is optional). Mark. -- Mark Aufflick contact info at http://mark.aufflick.com/about/contact -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
