On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Andrea Rossignoli wrote: > Hi, > the manual gives this example: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/urlmapping.html#redirect > > ---- > Alternatively, to temporarily redirect all pages on a site to one particular > page, use the following: > > RedirectMatch temp .* http://www.example.com/startpage.html > ---- > > If example.com is the same server where that directive is put then it will > create an infinite request loop. Yes, the example is a little imprecise. To be clear, it should say "... one particular page on another site..." and the directive should use http://othersite.example.com/startpage.html. > I tried it on my windows pc and I put that directive inside an .htaccess, > the result is an infinite request loop. > > In fact when the browser will ask for /startpage.html (because it was > redirected to) the rule .* matches it again. You can do this, but it requires mod_rewrite. Something like (untested) RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/startpage.html$ RewriteRule .* http://www.example.com/startpage.html Alternatively, you can always point the DocumentRoot at a directory containing only startpage.html, turn off Indexes, and use ErrorDocument 404 http://www.example.com/startpage.html Come to think of it, it may also be possible in 2.0 to use a fancy PCRE regex with the RedirectMatch to get it. But you'll have to find more of a PCRE expert or dig into the PCRE manual to come up with that. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
