Detecting mod_rewrite via CGI

[Samuel]

Hi,

I am using an Apache webserver with mod_rewrite and the cgi module. Is
there a way to do the following that isn't completely evil?

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def mod_rewrite_enabled():
try:
file = open(os.path.join(os.environ['DOCUMENT_ROOT'],
'.htaccess'))
except:
return False
for line in file:
if line.startswith('RewriteEngine on'):
file.close()
return True
file.close()
return False
########

Unfortunately, not using .htaccess isn't an option.

-Samuel