Re: [Gnu-arch-users] .listing files

[Jan Hudec]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:03:31 -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> Jan Hudec wrote:
> >Note: It is posible to generate the .listing files on the fly with a CGI
> >script. I was doing from the begining. The only problem is, that in
> >apache2 it no longer works with <Files>, only with <Location> (because
> >apache2 checks the file existence before it checks the handlers) and
> ><Location> can only be specified in global config. That can however be
> >workaround by: having tla generate the .listing files, so they exist and
> >apache reads the directive and actualy servers them by a script, so
> >archive-fixup is never needed...
> 
> Or, you could register the location as
> http://example.com/arch.cgi/archive, and have the CGI take care of all 
> archive access, including .listing files.

Suggestion: Such script should be provided in tlacontrib ;-).
Actualy, I don't want it to be a script though -- I want it to be
a short C program (so it's fast and secure). Perhaps I'll put one up on
wednesday.

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