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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Timothy Stone <ci...@petmystone.com> on 2004/03/26 16:06:29 UTC
[users@httpd] File extension matching behavior, help
List,
I've encountered something that has got me confused.
I'm running Apache 2.0.48 on Windows 2000.
I just realized my source code for some pages were calling images with a
lowercase extension when the resource was explicitly uppercase:
source: foo.jpg
resource: foo.JPG
I have also just noted that my installation of Apache is also serving
resources with arbitarily camel-cased resources as an experiment.
Is this something about Apache on Windoze I need to know about that I
missed?
Many thanks,
Tim
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Re: [users@httpd] File extension matching behavior, help
Posted by Timothy Stone <ci...@petmystone.com>.
Joshua Slive wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Timothy Stone wrote:
>
>>I'm running Apache 2.0.48 on Windows 2000.
>>
>>I just realized my source code for some pages were calling images with a
>> lowercase extension when the resource was explicitly uppercase:
>>
>> source: foo.jpg
>>
>>resource: foo.JPG
>>
>>I have also just noted that my installation of Apache is also serving
>>resources with arbitarily camel-cased resources as an experiment.
>>
>>Is this something about Apache on Windoze I need to know about that I
>>missed?
>
>
> The windows filesystem is case-insensitive, so apache on windows will
> access files without respect to case.
>
> Of course, you should always try to be uniform about your treatment of
> case, since URLs on the web are in general case-sensitive, and if you mix
> things up you could get duplicates in search engines, caches, etc.
>
> Joshua.
>
Thanks Joshua,
I inherited this site. I do know better, but since I'm personally very
good about naming conventions and the like, I never encountered before,
or I should say I never noticed it.
My staging server is Linux so I noticed it right away. First, cursed the
students that shipped the code and then cursed the instructor for not
doing code reviews or teaching the basics of code maintenance.
Tim
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Re: [users@httpd] File extension matching behavior, help
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Timothy Stone wrote:
> I'm running Apache 2.0.48 on Windows 2000.
>
> I just realized my source code for some pages were calling images with a
> lowercase extension when the resource was explicitly uppercase:
>
> source: foo.jpg
>
> resource: foo.JPG
>
> I have also just noted that my installation of Apache is also serving
> resources with arbitarily camel-cased resources as an experiment.
>
> Is this something about Apache on Windoze I need to know about that I
> missed?
The windows filesystem is case-insensitive, so apache on windows will
access files without respect to case.
Of course, you should always try to be uniform about your treatment of
case, since URLs on the web are in general case-sensitive, and if you mix
things up you could get duplicates in search engines, caches, etc.
Joshua.
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Re: [users@httpd] File extension matching behavior, help
Posted by Aaron W Morris <aa...@mindspring.com>.
Timothy Stone wrote:
> List,
>
> I've encountered something that has got me confused.
>
> I'm running Apache 2.0.48 on Windows 2000.
>
> I just realized my source code for some pages were calling images with a
> lowercase extension when the resource was explicitly uppercase:
>
> source: foo.jpg
>
> resource: foo.JPG
>
> I have also just noted that my installation of Apache is also serving
> resources with arbitarily camel-cased resources as an experiment.
>
> Is this something about Apache on Windoze I need to know about that I
> missed?
>
> Many thanks,
> Tim
I think mod_speling will help with your problem.
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Aaron W Morris <aa...@mindspring.com> (decep)
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