8.2. How to
+
The easiest way to edit the actions files is with a browser by using
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@
and potentially match against many similar patterns.
Generally, an URL pattern has the form <domain><port>/<path>, where the
- <domain>, the <host><port>/<path>, where the
+ <host>, the <port> and the <path> are optional. (This is why the special
/ pattern matches all URLs). Note that the
@@ -440,15 +440,15 @@
"EMPHASIS">not be included in the pattern. This is assumed
already!
- The pattern matching syntax is different for the domain and path
- parts of the URL. The domain part uses a simple globbing type matching
+
The pattern matching syntax is different for the host and path parts
+ of the URL. The host part uses a simple globbing type matching
technique, while the path part uses more flexible "Regular Expressions" (POSIX
1003.2).
The port part of a pattern is a decimal port number preceded by a
- colon (:). If the domain part contains a
+ colon (:). If the host part contains a
numerical IPv6 address, it has to be put into angle brackets
(<, >).
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
www.example.com/
- is a domain-only pattern and will match any request to
+
is a host-only pattern and will match any request to
www.example.com, regardless of which
document on that server is requested. So ALL pages in this domain
would be covered by the scope of this action. Note that a simple
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
www.example.com
- means exactly the same. For domain-only patterns, the trailing
+
means exactly the same. For host-only patterns, the trailing
/ may be omitted.
@@ -510,6 +510,14 @@
Matches any URL pointing to TCP port 8000.
+ 10.0.0.1/
+
+
+ Matches any URL with the host address 10.0.0.1. (Note that the real URL uses plain
+ brackets, not angle brackets.)
+
+
<2001:db8::1>/
@@ -529,12 +537,14 @@