what this code */ means?

Discussion in 'robots.txt' started by girbaud, Apr 20, 2006.

  1. #1
    User-agent: *
    Disallow: */cgi-bin/
    Disallow: *//forms.lata.net/cgi-bin/multimailer.pl

    Can someone explain what this code means */ ???

    I only know of this code:

    Disallow: /
    and not

    Disallow: */

     
    girbaud, Apr 20, 2006 IP
  2. Slapyo

    Slapyo Well-Known Member

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    I don't think that is valid. Disallow: / is cool, but not Disallow: */
     
    Slapyo, Apr 21, 2006 IP
  3. JEET

    JEET Notable Member

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    #3
    May be this site has to many subdomains and each further has individual cgi-bin directories.
    I don't know if it's valid or not but you can test it in google sitemaps account.

    Login to google sitemaps and find a robots.txt link. Click it.
    There is a textarea where you can enter a robots.txt code and a INPUT field where you can enter a page url.
    Paste the code in the textarea and type the file name blocked by robots in the input field.
    ( http://sub.domain.com/cgi-bin/multimailer.pl)
    click the verify button below to see the results.
    If the file above shows as blocked, your robots code is OK, other wise modify it.

    regards
    jeet
     
    JEET, Apr 24, 2006 IP
  4. girbaud

    girbaud Peon

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    #4
    thanks a lot for your replies :)
     
    girbaud, Apr 24, 2006 IP