Just in any case anyone is interested in what's actually in that directory, here's a listing: RHESUSSYS$ dir apache$root:[php.scripts] Directory APACHE$SPECIFIC:[PHP.SCRIPTS] SYSINFO.DIR;1 0.50KB 22-SEP-2009 21:21:35.44 Total of 1 file, 0.50KB Directory APACHE$COMMON:[PHP.SCRIPTS] PHP_CALENDAR.PHP;1 1KB 27-JUL-2009 10:33:18.95 PHP_INFO.PHP;3 0.50KB 22-SEP-2009 19:19:48.26 PHP_INFO.PHP;2 0.50KB 22-SEP-2009 19:13:20.18 PHP_INFO.PHP;1 0.50KB 27-JUL-2009 10:33:19.11 PHP_ODBC.PHP;1 0.50KB 27-JUL-2009 10:33:19.44 PHP_OPENVMS.PHP;1 7KB 27-JUL-2009 10:33:19.62 PHP_RULES.PHP;1 0.50KB 27-JUL-2009 10:33:19.79 Total of 7 files, 10KB Grand total of 2 directories, 8 files, 11KB Also, how does one generate a file with version number -1? Sampsa On 22 Sep 2009, at 22:40, Sampsa Laine wrote: Hmm...The rule seems to somehow work for .1: http://rhesus.sampsa.com/php/php_rules.php.1 http://rhesus.sampsa.com/php/php_rules.php.0 http://rhesus.sampsa.com/php/php_rules.php.-1 As well as -1: http://rhesus.sampsa.com/php/php_rules.php;-1 And ;0 is covered by the rewrite anyhow: http://rhesus.sampsa.com/php/php_rules.php;0 Any other separator legal for version numbers? Am I missing anything else? Sampsa On 22 Sep 2009, at 22:36, Johnny Billquist wrote: Sampsa Laine wrote: Just to clarify, are we now talking about the flaw in CSWS_PHP or just general syntax for VMS filenames? Or both? Both. Since we're talking about legal filenames in VMS, it means that CSWS_PHP must understand them as well, or else they are just easy ways of getting around your rewrite rules. Johnny Sampsa On 22 Sep 2009, at 22:25, Mark Abene wrote: For the record, both [] and <> will work on TOPS-20 for directory names. Brackets [] are naturally preferable because they don't require a shift, which is much more comfortable when typing quickly. Johnny Billquist wrote: Mark Wickens wrote: Hope you guys don't mind but I mentioned this to the Hoff and he pointed out that a period '.' can be used validly instead of a ';' as a separator between the version number and the filename. Indeed. You can also use <> instead of [] as directory brackets. All because of confusion within DEC at the time when they tried to decide on a standard for all DEC OSes. (Because of this confusion, TOPS-20 changed it's syntax to be <> and ., but then VMS reverted the decision, but in the end they had to allow both variants, to keep something like compatibility between VMS and TOPS-20. RSX also allows the same.) Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol