Help on redirect url parameter

[Chuck Bearden]

> Date:          Mon, 20 Oct 1997 12:02:00 -0700
> From:          matylonj at ccmail.orst.edu (John C. Matylonek)

>      The meta refresh at =
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>      http://www.orst.edu/instruct/engr485-585/ browser redirect =
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>      is now working. It was the qoutes that initially caused me =
> 
>      trouble. However, do you know anything about the .htaccess =
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>      file Redirect command. That would useful to know as well. It =
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>      seems when I use the construction:
>      =
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>      Redirect /dept/instruct/engr485-585/ http://www.orst.edu/~matylonj
>      =
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>      in a .htaccess file located in the engr485-585 directory
>      =
> 
>      to have the server redirect a browser from the index.html in =
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>      the engr485-585 directory to the tilde directory, I get a =
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>      server error message about a misconfiguration. Any ideas? 

It looks to me from the first URL you give that the document root for 
the server begins at the instruct directory, not the dept directory 
you give in the Redirect directive.  Try the following directive 
instead:

Redirect /instruct/engr485-585/ http://www.orst.edu/~matylonj

I think you either have to use the server's document root, or the 
absolute root of the whole machine in a directive, if you are 
specifying the path from a root (i.e. with leading /).  

Hope this helps,

Chuck
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