Hi,

I tried the following .htaccess files to feel mod_rewrite with my
rewrite rules, the result I can't comprehend. I supposed that when
mod_rewrite finishes a rewrite round, it tries to look up the result in
the file system, which is not apparently true.

(1) when I ask for http://www.abc.com/abc/2/y.html, the result is
z.html. I expected x.html.

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /abc/2/
RewriteRule ^x\.html$ z.html
RewriteRule ^y\.html$ x.html

(2) when I ask for http://www.abc.com/abc/2/y.html, the result is
x.html.

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /abc/2/
RewriteRule .* x.html

Do you know why it does not loop on the second rule set?
Thanks!
PS: This happened on Apache 1.3.27.

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