[...] > > Right, but typing xxx.html.gz will work! We can write a litte sed script > > to change the links from xxx.html to xxx.html.gz inside the documents. > > What do the popular http daemons do about this? I think a good solution > would be: > > For every .html request that comes in (or perhaps for any request in > general), look for a file fitting the traditional spec. > > If that fails, look for a .gz version of that file in the same directory. > > If that fails, return the usual 404 error. > > Does anything already implement this? If not, why not?
boa support this. it even decompress on the .gz file on the fly. I just tryed to access http://localhost/doc/HOWTO/INFO-SHEET and it works! boa is also very small and really fast. i think should be the default httpd of choice for a small debian system. just my oppinion, Federico ************************* ____********************************* * Federico Di Gregorio | / the number you dialled is * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / -1 imaginary... please, rotate * * <friend of penguins> |/ the phone PI/2 and try again! * ****************************************************************** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
