location doesn't work on hosts, only on paths/etc.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:26 PM, vburshteyn<nginx-forum@nginx.us> wrote:
> hey folks, i got a quick question
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> basically my issue is this.  the main site is mysite.com
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> so
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> location  / {  works great
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> but then i have a.mysite.com/boxoffice
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> when there is /boxoffice the A variable can be a large number of things and each has its own redirect path (damn i love legacy crap)
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> so when i do something like
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> location ~ a.mysite.com
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> it does not see it and just sends me the location /
> what am i doing wrong, also what is the most efficient way of doing this, since i have about 50 different redirects?
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> Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,4346,4346#msg-4346
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