Problems with meta characters in Rewrite Map

[neilbottomley]

Hi,

i'm experiencing a problem when using the "-" character in a Rewrite Map

I have the following entry in httpd.conf

RewriteMap my_map txt:/apps/content/rewrite.txt

And the following line in the file /apps/content/rewrite.txt

/x-trace

http://www.myserver.com/homepage

When I hit

http://www.myserver.com/x-trace

I get a 404 error. If I look at the rewrite log I can see the engine working but when it comes to looking up the entry in the map it only seems to pick up the /x part when using the key, ie

X.X.X.X - - [30/Jun/2006:17:14:52 +0100] [X.X.X.X/sid#f0060][rid#1d3eb0/initial] (6) cache lookup FAILED, forcing new map lookup
X.X.X.X - - [30/Jun/2006:17:14:52 +0100] [X.X.X.X/sid#f0060][rid#1d3eb0/initial] (5) map lookup FAILED: map=ouk_rewrites[txt] key=/x

Is there some way I can escape the "-" character in this map? A backslash doesn't seem to work. (

Thanks in advance and apologies if my terminology isn't up to scratch !!!