Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) id QAA00126; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:34:26 -0700 Received: from fully.organic.com by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA00118; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:34:23 -0700 Received: (from brian@localhost) by fully.organic.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA16563; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 23:38:13 GMT Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:38:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Behlendorf To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Subject: Re: Patch to mod_cgi In-Reply-To: <199606061620.MAA19691@telebase.com.> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-new-httpd@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Brian Clapper wrote: > >>>>> "Robert" == Robert S Thau writes: > > Robert> [ Suggests a DirectToClient directive as a way of designating > Robert> nph- scripts ] > > Robert> Hmmm... I certainly agree that the nph-prefix business is, > Robert> shall we say, not a paragon of elegance, but adding a new > Robert> config-file directive also seems a bit like swatting flies > Robert> with cannonballs. Would you object to something that allowed > Robert> implementation of support for an nph- suffix, a la > Robert> > Robert> AddAction nph-cgi-script nph > Robert> > Robert> or something like that? > > Doesn't help me. I have a script with a name that is fixed and immutable. I > can't change the name of the script without forcing people to change a lot of > URL references to the script--and I'm not in a position to force that issue. > So, I'm stuck with this script name. There's a way around this - make the CGI (or the server itself using Redirect) issue a redirect to the new location. Brian --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- brian@organic.com | We're hiring! http://www.organic.com/Home/Info/Jobs/