SetEnvIf troubles

I'm trying to avoid having to create single line entries in my config for files
that I don't want to log, but I'm having a bit of trouble getting there.

If I use this entry below, it gets ignored and all the files in that folder get
logged
SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*.gif" dontlog
SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*.jpg" dontlog

If I use this entry, no hits to the folder show in the log at all (I wish to see
a hit to the folder, but not the served files)
SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*" dontlog

I wish to avoid having to use lots of entries with the following format
SetEnvIf Request_URI "/thisname.gif" dontlog

I'm sure I'm missing something very simple, so could someone throw a little
extra light on it for me please.

TIA

Brian H¹© wrote:
> I'm trying to avoid having to create single line entries in my config for files
> that I don't want to log, but I'm having a bit of trouble getting there.
>
> If I use this entry below, it gets ignored and all the files in that folder get
> logged
> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*.gif" dontlog
> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*.jpg" dontlog
>
> If I use this entry, no hits to the folder show in the log at all (I wish to see
> a hit to the folder, but not the served files)
> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*" dontlog
>
> I wish to avoid having to use lots of entries with the following format
> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/thisname.gif" dontlog
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something very simple, so could someone throw a little
> extra light on it for me please.
>
> TIA
>
>

you're working with a regexp, not a string search. you need to escape special
characters with a backslash.

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Michael Newton
http://mike.rancidcrab.com

Michael Newton said:

> Brian H¹© wrote:
>> I'm trying to avoid having to create single line entries in my config for
>> files that I don't want to log, but I'm having a bit of trouble getting
>> there.
>>
>> If I use this entry below, it gets ignored and all the files in that folder
>> get logged
>> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*.gif" dontlog
>> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*.jpg" dontlog
>>
>> If I use this entry, no hits to the folder show in the log at all (I wish to
>> see a hit to the folder, but not the served files)
>> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*" dontlog
>>
>> I wish to avoid having to use lots of entries with the following format
>> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/thisname.gif" dontlog
>>
>> I'm sure I'm missing something very simple, so could someone throw a little
>> extra light on it for me please.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>
> you're working with a regexp, not a string search. you need to escape special
> characters with a backslash.
>

I appreciate that, I even tried
SetEnvIf Request_URI "/emoticons/*\.gif" dontlog
but that didn't want to know either, have you got a slightly bigger clue please?