Kimi:

What you are suggesting can be done, but its non-trivial, and would require the use of mod_rewrite, one of the most complex parts of Apache.

Here is the documentation on mod_rewrite http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html (Im assuming that you are on an Apache 1.3.X, your message implies this.)

Bob.


> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:52:43 -0700
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> From: "Kimi A. Adams" <kimi@unitywave.com>
> Subject: Perl question
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> 
> We are trying to run a perl program where when you type in a URL or click a 
> link for a specific URL, that the path includes a perl program but it's not 
> viewed with the .cgi or .pl or other extensions.
> 
> I am not sure if this is the appropriate way to ask this.  So, we are doing 
> something like this for the 
> URL:   www.unitywave.com/testm.cgi?post/username/filename.html  But we 
> would like it to look like 
> this:  www.unitywave.com/testm/post/username/filename.html  In trying to 
> run this from the server:  perl testm.cgi, it works.  It also works when 
> you move testm.cgi to testm and run the same command using just testm.  But 
> when we go to the website, using that testm instead of the .cgi? it shows 
> the program rather than the output like it does on the server.
> 
> We want to do this so that a path is shown to the customer, rather than the 
> extensions and characters.  However, I am at a draw as to whether this is 
> httpd.conf that controls this or if it's the program that is running, i.e. 
> perl or cgi.
> 
> I would appreciate having responses sent to hotwater@minhthao.com.  That's 
> my programmer Minh.  I will be in and out and may not be watching the list.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kimi Adams
> Unity Wave
> 602-375-5363
> 
> 
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