See also the "Options MultiViews" directive in the context of a <Directory>.

Here's a link with a description of how to implement. The example is for
PHP, but it should work for .cgi scripts as well.
http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/index.php/2006/10/12/nice-urls-using-multiviews/

--jay

On 7/31/07, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> Thank you for the prompt replies.
>
> Counting a previous message, there were three "votes" for using
> mod_rewrite and one vote for the use of an Action handler. Like Perl,
> there seems to be more than one way to do it. I have initially played
> with the handler technique and have had some success. Now I have to
> go back to the RESTful manual and see about turning my content into
> "resources". 'More later, maybe much later.
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> University Libraries of Notre Dame
>