If I have something like: /path/base_abc_def_ghi.gif
/path/base_jkl_mno_pqr.gif
Can I rewrite that to become CGI script options like this:
/CGIscriptpath/script?option=abc_def_ghi
/CGIscriptpath/script?option=jkl_mno_pqr
I would want to use the /path/base_ to trigger the rewrite and take everything after that, excluding the .gif to become the querystring's "option" value.
In my mind it seems pretty simple --- In code, I'd just extract the substring from the source URL and append it to the target URL.
I'm also wondering if a redirect has to be sent or if the source URL can just be mapped to the target internally without ReWriting? (both the source and target are local to the same HTTPd).
Or, would a simple redirect work?
Redirect /path/base_ /CGIscriptpath/script?option=
or RedirectMatch perhaps?
* can a same-server redirect target start with a "/" (a local absolute URL) or does it need to start with http:...? ie:
Redirect /path/base_ http://example.com/CGIscriptpath/script?option=
In this case, my script would then have to strip the .gif from the querystring, but that's ok.
