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.htaccess That Fixes The Trailing Slash Error

02.07.2007

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        // This .htaccess file is for use with a Rails application that is accessed by a symbolic link. This fixes an error in which the directory URL must have a trailing slash. Otherwise, the user receives a 400 Bad Request error.

Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME}    -d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME}      ^.*[^\/]$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [N]

#Put the directory your Rails app is in here.
RewriteBase /directory

RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi?$1 [QSA,L]

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Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2012/05/07 - 2:34pm

I too had got this problem on my anilw.info hosted with freeonrails.com. I could not fix it. Nice to see this solution! :)

Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2012/05/07 - 2:34pm

I first had this problem about 18 months ago. I didn't fix it this same way, but I am so glad someone has actually come up with a NICE way to fix it :)