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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="mathdesc"
+ subject="For lighttpd with mod_magnet"
+ date="2012-08-18T18:27:32Z"
+ content="""
+Same can be done for lighttpd via a lua script (said rewrite.lua) using *mod_magnet* than need to be installed and
+called in your conf like this :
+
+<pre>
+# error-handler for status 404
+$HTTP[\"url\"] =~ \"^/mysite/\" {
+magnet.attract-physical-path-to = ( server.document-root + \"/rewrite.lua\" )
+}
+</pre>
+
+Ref :
+[[mod_magnet docs|http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs_ModMagnet]]
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+ function removePrefix(str, prefix)
+ return str:sub(1,#prefix+1) == prefix..\"/\" and str:sub(#prefix+2)
+ end
+
+
+
+ attr = lighty.stat(lighty.env[\"physical.path\"])
+ local prefix = '/mysite'
+ if (not attr) then
+ -- we couldn't stat() the file
+ -- let's generate a xapian query with it
+ new_uri =removePrefix(lighty.env[\"uri.path\"], prefix)
+ print (\"page not found : \" .. new_uri .. \" asking xapian\")
+ lighty.env[\"uri.path\"] = \"/mysite/ikiwiki.cgi\"
+ lighty.env[\"uri.query\"] = \"P=\" .. new_uri
+ lighty.env[\"physical.rel-path\"] = lighty.env[\"uri.path\"]
+ lighty.env[\"physical.path\"] = lighty.env[\"physical.doc-root\"] .. lighty.env[\"physical.rel-path\"]
+ end
+</pre>
+
+Hope this is useful to you :)
+"""]]