Mod_rewrite Anomaly

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I have encountered the same mod_rewrite issue in both Apache 1.3 and Apache 2.2 whereby a simple regex pattern can match ANY webroot directory name except the webroot directory named "scripts" (/home/user/public_html/scripts). Initially i thought there might simply be a conflicting Alias/ScriptAlias/ScriptAliasMatch directive in httpd.conf somewhere, but i haven't found any. I've looked at the apache log at loglevel debug and it gives me very little information other than that it thinks the directory doesn't exist (which of course it does).

Now i presume the issue still relates to some conflicting alias hidden somewhere deep in the bowels of the webserver that i haven't found - has anybody got any ideas where i might be able to look? There is absolutely nothing wrong with the regexp pattern, as it works flawlessly for every directory except "scripts". (it works with "script", "scripting" or any other possible variation of "scripts" just not "scripts"!)

Thanks