Posted by Ken Sims on 10/14/07 18:46

Hi dorayme -

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:25:12 +1000, dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>OK. Is your "permanent" just an alternative to putting in "301"?

From http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#redirect

[QUOTE]
If no status argument is given, the redirect will be "temporary" (HTTP
status 302). This indicates to the client that the resource has moved
temporarily. The status argument can be used to return other HTTP
status codes:

permanent
Returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that the
resource has moved permanently.

temp
Returns a temporary redirect status (302). This is the default.

seeother
Returns a "See Other" status (303) indicating that the resource
has been replaced.

gone
Returns a "Gone" status (410) indicating that the resource has
been permanently removed. When this status is used the URL argument
should be omitted.

Other status codes can be returned by giving the numeric status code
as the value of status. If the status is between 300 and 399, the URL
argument must be present, otherwise it must be omitted. Note that the
status must be known to the Apache code (see the function
send_error_response in http_protocol.c).
[/QUOTE]

Those codes apply to the Redirect and RedirectMatch directives.

There are also RedirectPermanent and RedirectTemp directives whose
status is always what is implied by the directive name.

--
Ken
http://www.kensims.net/

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