This is not good idea. How are you going to find out if this URL is directory or just a file without extension before downloading it ?
Alexander. Gregory Kozlovsky wrote: > The solution of Matt is a very good one. However, I wonder > whether the automatic redirection when a folder name is > specified without the slash at the end should be put into > a category of its own. This case is far too common to treat > it as normal redirection. May be in this case, the URL without > the end slash should be just discarded and replaced with one > with the end slash? The fields "referrer" and "redir" in the > urlword set as if the URL with the end slash was used from the > start? Are there any pitfalls in this approach? What do the > authors of ASPSeek think? > > Gregory > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2002 23:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [aseek-users] Indexing with MaxHops > > Actually I have a patch for this problem which adds two new config > parameters > (config excerpt below): > > ####################################################################### > #IncrementHopsOnRedirect yes/no > # Allow/disallow index to increment hops value when redirects are > # encountered. Applies only to redirects generated by Location headers. > # ***** SURGEON GENERALS WARNING ***** > # This option can be harmful as it negates the indexers built in ability > # to be self limiting in the case where a redirect loop is encountered. > # Please ensure that RedirectLoopLimit is set to a resonable value to > # enable recovery from entry into a redirect loop. > # ***** SURGEON GENERALS WARNING ***** > # This option does however allow a greater number of documents to be > # indexed for sites that redirect frequently (e.g. for cookie testing, > # typically on each page). Test results (with MaxHops 4) on such a site > # increased actual documents indexed from 34 to 756. > # Can be set multiple times before "Server" command and takes effect till > # the end of config file or till next IncrementHopsOnRedirect command. > # Default value is "yes". > IncrementHopsOnRedirect no > > ####################################################################### > #RedirectLoopLimit <number> > # Maximum allowable contiguous redirects. > # Default value is 8. > # Can be set multiple times before "Server" command and takes effect till > # the end of config file or till next RedirectLoopLimit command. > RedirectLoopLimit 16 > > If there is interest I'll send it through. > > Matt. > > > > > > > Gregory > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Alexander F Avdonkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2002 16:34 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [aseek-users] Indexing with MaxHops > > > > > > You told that page is reacheable by 2 clicks. > > > Check if all intermediate pages are indexed and which hop values are > > > assigned > > > to them. > > > > > > Gregory Kozlovsky wrote: > > > > > > > No, it was not indexed. I checked logging into mysql and using a > SELECT > > > > statement. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Alexander F Avdonkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2002 16:17 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [aseek-users] Indexing with MaxHops > > > > > > > > Hello Gregory, > > > > > > > > As for first problem, check if page referring to absent URL is indexed > and > > > > what > > > > hop value is assigned to it. > > > > > > > > Alexander. > >
