after finding this solution to Paul Graham’s ‘said’ problem
(Arc Forum | How would this Arc program be translated into other languages?):
case r.qs
when ‘’: isindex
when /^@/: r.qs.tail
else a’follow’,:href =>‘?@’+r.qs
end
i noticed it was broken if you use a space!
theres this line in DirHandler#can_serve:
req_path = HttpRequest.unescape(path_info)
which was modifying the path i sent in…
via
req.params[“PATH_INFO”] = ‘/some/file/path’
Mongrel::DirHandler.new(nil,false).process(req,resp)
which when you think about it. modifying the requests param hash
afterwards? about as kosher as an Al Pastor burrito
its just that so far its the easiest way to take advantage of the good
bits in the dirhandler that check a file against ETAGs and If-modified
and conditionally serve.
which is seperate logically from the ‘unescape incoming request’ and
‘generate dirlisting’ stuff, but all in one big ball of mud at the
moment…
Zed told me on Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:12:02 -0500
“DirHandler, being a DIR handler and not a FILE handler”
and he’s still right…
if there isnt one, its easier to just steal the 10 or so lines from
dirhandler im needing and throw them into an ebb handler, since that way
i dont have to worry about breaking other peoples apps by submitting a
patch… and simultaneously bypass all sorts of other code im not using
in the process.
so does a FileHandler already exist?