actually we used tomcat without apache on a high volume system. never had a problem with it. apache maybe much better but im sure lots of people use tomcat as their lone web/appserver. never used redirectmatch but its good to know that such functionality exists. thanks chris
----- Original Message ---- From: Moran Ben-David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 7:24:42 AM Subject: Re: redirecting old context uris when moving context Thanks for that, Chris. I should come clean.. I'm one of those guys with the 'supersition' that Tomcat can't handle http as well as apache (both functionally and performance wise). Glad you're active on the list to dispel these notions. moran On 10/15/07, Christopher Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Moran, > > Moran Ben-David wrote: > > If you're using apache you could just use mod_rewrite. > > It's much simpler and efficient, if you're using httpd, to do: > > RedirectMatch /somehost/somecontext(.*) /somehost\1 > > Why use the complexity of mod_rewrite when there's a perfectly good > directive for just this type of thing. > > - -chris > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHE28y9CaO5/Lv0PARArMSAKC7cBg+oXcA7cVq6mxgITsjb54yzgCgo/C+ > mGQN+vOMit3UP9EtG68pcvI= > =hGlg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC