From grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca Tue May 15 12:47:26 2001 Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:36:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Gilles Detillieux To: on1mh@pandora.be Cc: htdig-general@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [htdig] Error 302 Redirect According to Johan Maes: > When indexen a number of servers, most of the time I see that the redirect is > a relative path. (especially for websites that need extra logins). > > htdig (3.1.5) does not continue and says there is a http violation (following > the rfc's) > Perhaps this is technically correct. But I see that most browser do not have > a problem with this kind of redirection. > > Is there a workaround? I haven't tested it, but it's a backport from 3.2.0b3, so it should work... --- htdig/Retriever.cc.orig Tue Feb 15 17:07:47 2000 +++ htdig/Retriever.cc Tue May 15 14:16:17 2001 @@ -1287,7 +1287,9 @@ Retriever::got_href(URL &url, char *desc void Retriever::got_redirect(char *new_url, DocumentRef *old_ref) { - URL url(new_url); + // First we must piece together the new URL, which may be relative + URL parent(old_ref->DocURL()); + URL url(new_url, parent); if (debug > 2) cout << "redirect: " << url.get() << endl; -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930 _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html