In that case, you can leverate RedirectMatch which will allow you to capture "name", and redirect to name.html with the rest of the URL.
On Wed, 28 Sept 2022 at 16:45, Darryl Philip Baker < darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu> wrote: > I just was rereading the Multiview definition again, for the umpteenth > time, and noticed that it may not work for my problem. The original URL is > https://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name/ > <https://scholl.northwestern.edu/faculty/name/> and the file that exists > URL is https://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name.html. Notice that the > original URL ends in a slash so it appears as a directory and not a file. > The target of the rewrite or redirect is one directory level up in a file > with the name of the terminating directory in the original but has a name > ending in .html. > > > > *Darryl Baker* > > *Northwestern University* > > > > *From: *Darryl Philip Baker <darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu> > *Reply-To: *Apache httpd Users <users@httpd.apache.org> > *Date: *Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 11:47 AM > *To: *Apache httpd Users <users@httpd.apache.org> > *Subject: *Re: [users@httpd] I need help with a rewrite request > > > > Thank you Frank. > > That does look like it will do exactly what I want it to do. I am having > trouble implementing it. In our development instance I created a .htaccess > file with: > > <IfModule mod_negotiation.c> > > Options +MultiViews > > </IfModule> > > But when I try to browse to that directory I get a 500 error. I checked > and mod_negotiation is loaded globally. So what am I doing wrong? > > > > I am planning on implementing it as part of a Directory definition in my > production environment. > > > > *Darryl Baker, *GSEC, GCLD (he/him/his) > > Sr. System Administrator > > Distributed Application Platform Services > > *Northwestern University* > > 4th Floor > > 2020 Ridge Avenue > > Evanston, IL 60208-0801 > > *darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu <darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu>* > > (847) 467-6674 <+18474676674> > > > > *From: *Frank Gingras <thu...@apache.org> > *Reply-To: *Apache httpd Users <users@httpd.apache.org> > *Date: *Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 8:53 AM > *To: *Apache httpd Users <users@httpd.apache.org> > *Subject: *Re: [users@httpd] I need help with a rewrite request > > > > You don't need to use mod_rewrite, a simpler solution is to use multiviews: > > > > https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/content-negotiation.html#multiviews > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/httpd.apache.org/docs/current/content-negotiation.html*multiviews__;Iw!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!XJEQEVfbwTZi7stzNLfRrLVQHZI0mBENrfdmWohd3iAb69WIu4jZtlaCNJXxkE91crpJBeVzx9NOMlK0bvX7NarK$> > > > > On Wed, 28 Sept 2022 at 09:18, Darryl Philip Baker < > darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu> wrote: > > I have just received a request to rewrite everything > http://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name/ to > http://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name.html I believe I can bury > this rule in a directory declaration for the faculty directory but I am > having problems writing the exact rules to make the transform happen. My > stumbling block is I do very few new rewrite rules. Most are simple > modifications of existing rules. Please help. > > > > *Darryl Baker, *GSEC, GCLD (he/him/his) > > Sr. System Administrator > > Distributed Application Platform Services > > *Northwestern University* > > 4th Floor > > 2020 Ridge Avenue > > Evanston, IL 60208-0801 > > *darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu <darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu>* > > (847) 467-6674 <+18474676674> > >
