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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Tony Cuevas <tc...@stanford.edu> on 2004/03/16 22:23:51 UTC
[users@httpd] Serving files whose name contains special characters
Hi-
I have looked through the documentation for Apache 2.048 as well as
v.1.3 and have not been able to find a working solution. I have also
searched the web in many places and still cannot find the answer.
Problem: I am having problems getting Apache to serve files that contain
special characters in their name such as ñ (ntilde) and accents.
For example, a referring page will have an anchor with an href with the
actual character and another link with the escaped value (%F1). When
attempting to follow either of the links, Apache returns a 404
indicating object not found.
The error log shows that apache is mapping the URI to an incorrect path.
refering page (/tc/linker.html)
<a href="ñfile.html">ñ non-escaped</a><br>
<a href="%F1file.html">ñ escaped</a>
error log:
File does not exist: C:/apps/apache2/Apache2/htdocs/tc
BTW, the space character (escaped or non-escaped) works fine.
I have looked at Multiviews but this does not appear to help either. I
have verified that the ISO-8859-1 is stated in the config file. Does
anyone have experience with configuring apache for serving such files?
Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
/tc
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Re: [users@httpd] No One Responds! Serving files whose name contains special characters
Posted by Jez Hancock <je...@munk.nu>.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:46:23AM -0800, Tony Cuevas wrote:
>
> I just subscribed a few days ago and no one has reponded to my post. Are
> posts archived somewhere where I can read through them? Is this a
> problem that is not easily addressed? Have I left something out?
> Thanks,
Sorry I can't help with your problem, but there's an archive here that's
searchable:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-httpd-users
Good luck :P
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Re: [users@httpd] No One Responds! Serving files whose name contains
special characters
Posted by Tony Cuevas <tc...@stanford.edu>.
Hi Everyone-
I just subscribed a few days ago and no one has reponded to my post. Are
posts archived somewhere where I can read through them? Is this a
problem that is not easily addressed? Have I left something out?
Thanks,
/tc
Tony Cuevas wrote:
> Hello again. Would someone be so kind as to tell me if I have posted
> to the wrong newsgroup? I am now wondering if this an apache only
> issue as it works fine with other webservers (iplanet and tomcat).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> /tc
>
> Tony Cuevas wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>>
>> I have looked through the documentation for Apache 2.048 as well as
>> v.1.3 and have not been able to find a working solution. I have also
>> searched the web in many places and still cannot find the answer.
>>
>> Problem: I am having problems getting Apache to serve files that
>> contain special characters in their name such as ñ (ntilde) and accents.
>> For example, a referring page will have an anchor with an href with
>> the actual character and another link with the escaped value (%F1).
>> When attempting to follow either of the links, Apache returns a 404
>> indicating object not found.
>> The error log shows that apache is mapping the URI to an incorrect path.
>>
>> refering page (/tc/linker.html)
>> <a href="ñfile.html">ñ non-escaped</a><br>
>> <a href="%F1file.html">ñ escaped</a>
>>
>> error log:
>> File does not exist: C:/apps/apache2/Apache2/htdocs/tc
>>
>> BTW, the space character (escaped or non-escaped) works fine.
>> I have looked at Multiviews but this does not appear to help either.
>> I have verified that the ISO-8859-1 is stated in the config file.
>> Does anyone have experience with configuring apache for serving such
>> files?
>>
>> Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> /tc
>>
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Re: [users@httpd] Serving files whose name contains special characters
Posted by Tony Cuevas <tc...@stanford.edu>.
Hello again. Would someone be so kind as to tell me if I have posted to
the wrong newsgroup? I am now wondering if this an apache only issue as
it works fine with other webservers (iplanet and tomcat).
Thanks in advance,
/tc
Tony Cuevas wrote:
> Hi-
>
> I have looked through the documentation for Apache 2.048 as well as
> v.1.3 and have not been able to find a working solution. I have also
> searched the web in many places and still cannot find the answer.
>
> Problem: I am having problems getting Apache to serve files that
> contain special characters in their name such as ñ (ntilde) and accents.
> For example, a referring page will have an anchor with an href with
> the actual character and another link with the escaped value (%F1).
> When attempting to follow either of the links, Apache returns a 404
> indicating object not found.
> The error log shows that apache is mapping the URI to an incorrect path.
>
> refering page (/tc/linker.html)
> <a href="ñfile.html">ñ non-escaped</a><br>
> <a href="%F1file.html">ñ escaped</a>
>
> error log:
> File does not exist: C:/apps/apache2/Apache2/htdocs/tc
>
> BTW, the space character (escaped or non-escaped) works fine.
> I have looked at Multiviews but this does not appear to help either. I
> have verified that the ISO-8859-1 is stated in the config file. Does
> anyone have experience with configuring apache for serving such files?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> /tc
>
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