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Hello,

Please explain what does "Continue|Return" mean in Rewrite of UrlToolKit which is mentioned in manual page .

Continue: Hiawatha will continue processing the current UrlToolkit rule after the rewrite.
Return: Hiawatha will return from the current UrlToolkit rule after the rewrite. If the current rule has not been called the Call command, the UrlToolkit process ends. Otherwise, it continues after the Call command in the calling rule.

I have three files:
abcd.txt, having text "I am in abcd file"
xyz.txt, having text "I am in xyz file"
aaa.txt, having text "I am in aaa file"

hiawatha.conf file have UrlToolKit settings as below:

UrlToolKit {
  ToolkitId = rewrite
  Match ^/abcd.txt Rewrite /xyz.txt Continue 
  Match ^/abcd.txt Rewrite /aaa.txt
}

When i give URL "http://ip-address/abcd.txt", i get output "I am in xyz file" but not get "I am in aaa file". Is there something wrong in UrlToolKit settings in hiawatha .conf file.

That's logic, because when requesting /abcd.txt, the first rewrite rule changes the url to /xyz.txt. Because /xyz.txt doesn't match the /abcd.txt from the second rewrite rule, the second rewrite rule is not performed.

Got it...so is it possible by somehow to match again abcd.txt in second Rewrite.

No. Once it is rewritten, the previous URL is gone. What is it you try to achieve?

Ok...One more thing...if i want to do first Rewrite operation on every .txt file like for example if my original URL is abcd.txt or 1234.txt or myurl.txt or any other .txt then it should be Rewrite by xyz.txt, so to achieve this what should be the syntax of first Rewrite operation line in UrlToolKit.

Thanks...