That would explain why I found references to RewriteRules for Apache on the Internet, but none for Tomcat.
Damn!!!!! -----Original Message----- From: Turner, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:16 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: RewriteRules and Standalone Tomcat Beat me with a stick if I'm wrong, but RewriteRule is for Apache when using mod_rewrite, I don't think you can use it in server.xml or web.xml. John > -----Original Message----- > From: neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 4:51 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RewriteRules and Standalone Tomcat > > > What exaclty is a RewriteRule and how is it used with > Standalone Tomcat? Do > I define my RewriteRules somewhere in server.xml or web.xml? > > A couple of months ago, Noel told me how I could get Tomcat > to show the > content of the default welcome page without redirecting (http > 302) to the > file, using a RewriteRule. I took notes from that email and > set it aside > only to realize when I returned ... that I have no idea what > to do with this > info! And of course no info is available (that I could find) > online or in > the Tomcat manual explaining this. :( > > Could someone please explain how this RewriteRule would be > integrated into > Tomcat: > > RewriteRule ^/$ /index.html [L] > > Thanks! > Neal > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.434 / Virus Database: 243 - Release Date: 12/25/2002 > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>