On Aug 30, 2012, at 2:17 PM, John A. Kunze wrote:

> If you run Apache server at the old location, and the original links and
> new links obey one or a few regular patterns, you could use one or a few
> RedirectMatch directives.
> 
> If there are few patterns, you could use a big enumerated list of simple
> Redirect directives.  An ordinary Apache server can easily be loaded with
> a million directives; a little slow on 'restart', but very short redirect
> times when it comes up.  If you need more than that, you could look into
> installing a noid resolver. (google "CPAN noid")

Yet another alternative in Apache when you're dealing with a larger number of items to redirect (and it's not simple directories moving about) is mod_rewrite's RewriteMap:

	http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritemap

-Joe


> --- On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Pottinger, Hardy J. wrote:
>> Hi, we're in the process of migrating an existing digital library to a new
>> platform, and we want to ensure that old URLs continue to resolve to the
>> items in the new location. The new digital library will be built on
>> Islandora, and I am pretty sure we can just map old URLs to new ones
>> within Fedora Commons. But, in case we run into trouble, I was wondering
>> if anyone might have some experience with an application that's more
>> specific to our use case? Or, heck, if you have already migrated from a
>> DLXS-based digital library to an Islandora-based digital library, and have
>> already sorted out how to handle redirects, I'd love to hear from you.
>> Thanks!
>> 
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>> HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]>
>> University of Missouri Library Systems
>> http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/
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>> "Debug only code. Comments lie."
>>