On 4/29/10 12:54 AM, Nick Kew wrote:
On 29 Apr 2010, at 04:56, Mark Harrison wrote:
I would like to do a simple mapper:
- given some inputs, calculate a file path
- let apache serve out that file for me
Is there a simple example of how to do this? mod_rewrite
is pretty heavy-duty, and I'd like to get a simpler
model to follow.
Maybe mod_rewrite will do all you need anyway!
It would, but I need to execute some internal logic to
fully resolve.
The simplest example to look at in the apache code would be
mod_alias. Otherwise, the end of Chapter 6 of the modules
book[1] leads you through developing a mapper module.
Ah, the miracle of ebooks! Yes, Chapter 6 seems to be just
what I need.
So, I think that I would:
- register a hook handler
- in the hook handler:
- set an X-header
- calculate a new file path
- set r->filename to my file path
- call ap_internal_redirect(const char *new_uri, request_rec *r)
Is that the right track to be going down? This file path will be
on an external (NFS) storage device and not under the apache directory,
will that matter?
Thanks!
Mark
