On Thu, 2023-01-12 at 16:30 +0100, Ruediger Pluem wrote:
> > $ wget http://localhost/games
> 
> /home/rbowen/devel/presentations/puzzles is a directory, correct?
> If yes, you get a redirect by mod_dir
> Try making puzzles a file.
> 
> > 
> > It looks like it works as intended, but then for some reason, a
> > separate second request is initiated, with the trailing slash
> > added. I
> > am not sure why that's happening.
> > 
> > But with curl:
> > 
> > $ curl http://localhost/games
> > 
> > I get the desired/expected:
> 
> Add '-L' to your curl command and the behavior will be the same as
> with wget.
> curl does not follow redirects by default wget does.

Thanks. Brain cramp resolved.

I was treating the target of the RewriteRule as a file path, when it
was, in fact, an (incomplete) URL. Thanks.

Clearly I've been away from the wizardry of mod_rewrite for a little
too long.

--Rich

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