Stas Bekman wrote: > At the modperl list following the question documented at this entry's Note: > http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache/RequestRec.html#C_filename_ > > ----------------------------- > Note that if you change the filename after the PerlMapToStorageHandler > phase was run and expect Apache to serve it, you need to update its stat > record, like so: > > use Apache::RequestRec (); > use APR::Finfo (); > use APR::Const -compile => qw(FINFO_NORM); > $r->filename($newfile); > $r->finfo(APR::Finfo::stat($newfile, APR::FINFO_NORM, $r->pool)); > > if you don't, Apache will still try to use the previously cached > information about the previously set value of the filename. > ------------------------------
you should note that "Apache" here really means "Apache's default, flat-file content handler" - the issue is that default_handler assumes nobody will play with anything, so it makes 304 decisions based on finfo and not a new stat of filename. > > I've suggested that we could make an option argument to filename() that > will do that work automatically on behalf of users. Some folks seem to > like the idea. What other developers think? not surprisingly, I'm really not in favor of it :) --Geoff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
