Newbie: how to do this rewrite

Apache1.3/Linux

how is the RewriteRule for :

www.hello.com/users/robert/some_cgi_call

to

www.hello.com/users/some_cgi_call

thanks

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:24:18 -0400, Robert <rchin.RemoveThis@spammenot_panix.com>
wrote:

 >
 > Apache1.3/Linux
 >
 > how is the RewriteRule for :
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.hello.com/users/robert/some_cgi_call</font" target="_blank">www.hello.com/users/robert/some_cgi_call</font</a>>
 >
 > to
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.hello.com/users/some_cgi_call</font" target="_blank">www.hello.com/users/some_cgi_call</font</a>>
 >
 > thanks

To direct all files to /users:

Alias /users/robert /users

If you want just files ending in .cgi then by 301 redirect:

RedirectMatch 301 ^/users/robert/([^/]+)\.cgi
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.hello.com/users/$1.cgi" target="_blank">http://www.hello.com/users/$1.cgi</a>

And by transparent rewrite:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^users/robert/([^/]+)\.cgi users/$1.cgi [L]

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