[gopher] Re: PyGopherd UMN Broken

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 08:54:11PM -0500, Aaron J. Angel wrote:
> 
> >>ignorepatt = /\.|/.cap$|/lost\+found$|/lib$|/bin$|/etc$|/dev$|~$|/\.cache|/\.forward$|/\.message$|/\.hushlogin$|/\.kermrc$|/\.notar$|/\.where$|/veronica.ctl$|/robots.txt$|/nohup.out$|/gophermap$|\.abstract$|\.keyboards$|\.ask|\.3d$|~$
> > 
> > It's the leading /\. rule.  You're making the UMN directory handler ignore
> > any file that starts with a dot, so it does not process the .Links file at
> > all.  I have committed a note to the offlineimap.conf comments to clarify
> > the situation.
> 
> Why isn't that the case with files under .cap?

Because the ignorepatt applies to files in the directories you are serving. 
Since you don't actually serve the .cap directories, it doesn't apply.

This could be changed if it seems nonintuitive.

-- John
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