The following reply was made to PR general/3543; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jerry Stratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/3543: .cgi and .shtml files can have /text at the end of the URL, resulting in broken links Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:48:09 -0800 At 8:22 PM +0000 on 12/16/98, you wrote:=20 >[In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] >[you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] >[and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] >[automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] >[If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] >[nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] >[from a developer. ] >[Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ] > > >Synopsis: .cgi and .shtml files can have /text at the end of the URL,= resulting in broken links > >State-Changed-From-To: open-closed >State-Changed-By: marc >State-Changed-When: Wed Dec 16 12:22:37 PST 1998 >State-Changed-Why: >As you were already told on comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix >when you posted this there, that is the proper and expected >behaviour. The PATH_INFO environment varible contains >this extra info and it is commonly used to allow one script >or document to do multiple things or do things based on >parameters. I was told no such thing on ciwsu; I was told that this bug could be= compensated for by adding extra code to my html pages. If the team can't= fix it, that's fine. I'll hack it. But to claim that it is not a bug is= utterly silly. It is neither proper nor expected for http://hostname/item1/= item2/item3 to return http://hostname/item1/ especially for .shtml files. Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.acusd.e= du/~jerry/ "It's too bad we don't have a can to listen to to get back to San Diego,"= said Voniece. "What do we make in San Diego, anyway?" "Tourists, I think," said Arthur. He brightened. "Do they sell tourists in c= ans?" "I think they do," said Voniece, "but they're awfully expensive." --The Shopping Cart Graveyard
