Phil Stoneman says: > > Now, my problem is this: Apache(1.3.26) is sending 301 > (HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY) when it does the 'trailing slash' redirects > to contruct a valid URI for a directory. This is technically not > against the RFC from what I can see. It is a bit annoying, though, > since when tinkering with UseCanonicalName in the config file, the > browser cached the redirect and made me think apache wasn't getting > its own hostname correctly. > I've tested IIS 5.0, and this does seem to send 302 > (HTTP_MOVED_TEMPORARILY), which is what I'd imagine should be done. > Also, I've found a reference on google groups to apache 1.2b8 where > this behaviour was changed as I'm looking for: > http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=334AF61F.26A5%40DECUS.Org&output=gplain > (The bit in question was written by Markus Gyger, and is about halfway > down)
Seems to me that a URL pointing to a directory always has to end with a slash, and therefor it is permanent. Why would it be temporary?
