[users@httpd] Exclusion possibilities for RedirectPermanent

[Robinson Craig <Cr...@nrw.qld.gov.au>]

Hi Folks,

I have to redirect any requests for a particular path to another server
for a few months, and I am successfully using:

RedirectPermanent /about http://newServer/about

However, an additional requirement has emerged where they want a
sub-directory within this path to not be redirected:

Eg. /about/announcements

Apart from putting in individual redirects for every directory under
/about, is there such a concept as an "exclusion list". For example,
redirect everything under /about EXCEPT /about/announcements.

Any tricky suggestions appreciated.
 
Cheers, Craig

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Re: [users@httpd] Exclusion possibilities for RedirectPermanent

[Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>]

On 10/30/07, Robinson Craig <Cr...@nrw.qld.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have to redirect any requests for a particular path to another server
> for a few months, and I am successfully using:
>
> RedirectPermanent /about http://newServer/about
>
> However, an additional requirement has emerged where they want a
> sub-directory within this path to not be redirected:
>
> Eg. /about/announcements
>
> Apart from putting in individual redirects for every directory under
> /about, is there such a concept as an "exclusion list". For example,
> redirect everything under /about EXCEPT /about/announcements.
>
> Any tricky suggestions appreciated.

You can use RedirectMatch with a negative-lookahead to check for the
excluded address, but it probably easier just to use mod_rewrite:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/about/announcements - [L]
RerwiteRule ^/about(.*) http://newServer/about$1 [R=permanent]

Joshua.

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