I would like to use mod_rewrite to remove trailing slashes for certain locations. For instance if a user accesses /me@vt.edu/test/ then I would like to serve the content of file /me@vt.edu/test (if it exists). Legimitate request? I'm using this rule: RewriteRule ^(.*@.*/.+)/$ $1 in an attempt to strip the trailing slash. mod_rewrite says in its log: applying pattern '^(.*@.*/.+)/$' to uri 'me@vt.edu/test/' rewrite 'me@vt.edu/test/' -> 'me@vt.edu/test' initial URL equal rewritten URL: /myserverpath/me@vt.edu/test [IGNORING REWRITE] No! The initial URL was me@vt.edu/test/ and it's NOT equal to the rewritten URL. Interestingly, if I use a redirect, as in RewriteRule ^(.*@.*/.+)/$ $1 [R] it works, but of course is very inefficient (and does not work with clients that don't automatically follow redirects!) I think this should work, hence file this as a bug. Thanks.
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