Look at mod_alias, it has examples of rewriting urls to files. With a little effort you can rewrite files to files.
Dean On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Bret McMillan wrote: > I *did* look at doing it w/ a module... perhaps I still misunderstand > something. Rewrite simply rewrites the url, correct? It translates one url > into another, then apache handles the new one normally, right? The problem > with this scheme is that the link system we use does *not* create urls the > server can handle... but rather things like "c:\bret\foo.html\" So what I > plan on doing is, given a url, instead of the "dumb" translation apache > does, include a simple function call that looks for shortcuts/symlinks and > provides the *true* filename. > > I have no idea if this is the best way to do it, and am totally open to > suggestions. However, I only started looking at apache's source yesterday, > and also started learning about the module system yesterday as well. > Consequently, I don't have a full grasp of how everything fits together. > Please excuse any and all ignorance on my part :) > > Bret > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 6:39 PM > Subject: Re: Possible shortcut/symlink entry point > > > >You missed a really important point I mentioned: you can do it in a > >module, you don't have to touch the core. There's a reason I said that... > >'cause if you write a module you don't have to do much work to maintain it > >as you update the core code with new releases. > > > >Dean > > > >On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Bret McMillan wrote: > > > >> Ok, I think I found what we're looking for... > >> > >> static int core_translate(...) > >> > >> Thanks for all the feedback. > >> > >> Bret > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >
