Asterisk means match zero or more of the *preceding character* */.** means a forward-slash followed by *zero *or more characters. This matches the root, and any other page off the root (e.g. it matches both *my-site.appspot.com/* and *my-site.appspot.com/mypage*)
*/** means zero or more forward-slashes (which in reality only matches the root, because multiple forward slashes don't make sense) >From https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig URL and file path patterns use POSIX extended regular expression syntax<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression%23Syntax&usg=__mBDvPGMNbDvCnmh1oLFnVOCuNwI=> In app.yaml, always enter URL matches in the order of most specific to most generic, as GAE will run whichever script matches first. Other commonly used URL matches are; */ *matches only the root URL (e.g. the home page, *my-site.appspot.com/*) */.+* matches a forward-slash followed by *one *or more characters. (e.g. * my-site.appspot.com/mypage*) On 28 April 2013 10:44, GAEfan <ken...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Vinny: > > I believe /.* is the proper syntax: > > https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig > > I do not understand the difference. Both " /.* " and " /* " should mean > "followed by 0 or more characters", but " /* " breaks my mapping for other > urls. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
