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[ronin]

Web site is the Python, going to some type of the file will be forwarded
to the static files directory, the static directory should not return to
404, but there is a problem, the trouble you help me see
Web site configuration files:


        location ~* \.(php|php*|git*|htm|html|txt)$   {
                     root  /web/www/static;
                }

curl -I http://www.a.com/a.php
curl -I http://www.a.com/i.html

The result that come out: curl: (52) Empty reply from server 
why not 404?

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