strange if

[Daniele Melosi]

Hi all,

i'm taking in charge a new nginx cluster with a very strange configurations.

I'm trying rewriting the configuration and i'm unable to find a way to
better write this if condition:

if ($request_uri !~*
(^/$|^\/ajax\.php\?type=counter&op=blog&blog(_id|)=.*$.*$|^/\?nl_id=[0-9]+|\?from=[0-9]+|\?confirmkey=.*$|^/post/([0-9]+)(\?[0-9]+|)(\/.*|#.*|\?confirmkey=.*|)$|/post/comment/(saved|close)/([0-9]+)(/[0-9]+|)(\?blog=.*|)$|/permalink/([0-9]+)\.html(#.*)$|/archive/[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]$|/tag(.*|)$|/member/[0-9]+$|/(media|album)(|/[0-9]+\?from=[0-9]+|/[0-9]+)$|/user(.*|)$|/blog|/sitemap(.xml|)|/images/smiley/rhymbox-(.*)/(.*)\.(gif|jpg|png)$|^/[0-9]+$|\?timer=1|check_login\?destination=.*|\?nocache=1))
{
	error_page   404 /splinder_404.html;
        return 404;
}

Can it be translated on a location (note the negative !~*).

Thanks in advance

Daniele