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                  </a></th><td>Provides for mapping different parts of the host
    filesystem in the document tree and for URL redirection</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:
                  </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:
                  </a></th><td>alias_module</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:
                  </a></th><td>mod_alias.c</td></tr></table><h3>Summary</h3>
    <p>The directives contained in this module allow for manipulation
    and control of URLs as requests arrive at the server. The
    <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> directives are used to
    map between URLs and filesystem paths.  This allows for content
    which is not directly under the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> served as part of the web
    document tree. The <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> directive has the
    additional effect of marking the target directory as containing
    only CGI scripts.</p>

    <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code>
    directives are used to instruct clients to make a new request with
    a different URL. They are often used when a resource has moved to
    a new location.</p>
</div><div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#alias">Alias</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#aliasmatch">AliasMatch</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#redirectmatch">RedirectMatch</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#redirectpermanent">RedirectPermanent</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#redirecttemp">RedirectTemp</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptaliasmatch">ScriptAliasMatch</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code></li><li><a href="../urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to the filesystem</a></li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Alias" id="Alias">Alias</a> <a name="alias" id="alias">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Maps URLs to filesystem locations</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td> Alias <em>URL-path
    file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>

    <p>The <code class="directive">Alias</code> directive allows documents to
    be stored in the local filesystem other than under the 
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>. URLs with a
    (%-decoded) path beginning with <em>url-path</em> will be mapped
    to local files beginning with <em>directory-filename</em>.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>

<div class="example"><p><code>Alias /image /ftp/pub/image</code></p></div>

    <p>A request for http://myserver/image/foo.gif would cause the
    server to return the file /ftp/pub/image/foo.gif.</p>

    <p>Note that if you include a trailing / on the
    <em>url-path</em> then the server will require a trailing / in
    order to expand the alias. That is, if you use <code>Alias
    /icons/ /usr/local/apache/icons/</code> then the url
    <code>/icons</code> will not be aliased.</p>

    <p>Note that you may need to specify additional <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code> sections which
    cover the <em>destination</em> of aliases.  Aliasing occurs before
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code> sections
    are checked, so only the destination of aliases are affected.
    (Note however <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code>
    sections are run through once before aliases are performed, so
    they will apply.)</p>

</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AliasMatch" id="AliasMatch">AliasMatch</a> <a name="aliasmatch" id="aliasmatch">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Maps URLs to filesystem locations using regular 
expressions</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td>AliasMatch <em>regex
    file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>
    <p>This directive is equivalent to <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>, but makes use of standard
    regular expressions, instead of simple prefix matching. The
    supplied regular expression is matched against the URL-path, and
    if it matches, the server will substitute any parenthesized
    matches into the given string and use it as a filename. For
    example, to activate the <code>/icons</code> directory, one might
    use:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
    AliasMatch ^/icons(.*) /usr/local/apache/icons$1
</code></p></div>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Redirect" id="Redirect">Redirect</a> <a name="redirect" id="redirect">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Sends an external redirect asking the client to fetch
a different URL</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td>Redirect [<em>status</em>] <em>URL-path URL</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:
              </a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>
    <p>The Redirect directive maps an old URL into a new one. The
    new URL is returned to the client which attempts to fetch it
    again with the new address. <em>URL-path</em> a (%-decoded)
    path; any requests for documents beginning with this path will
    be returned a redirect error to a new (%-encoded) URL beginning
    with <em>URL</em>.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>

<div class="example"><p><code>Redirect /service http://foo2.bar.com/service</code></p></div>

    <p>If the client requests http://myserver/service/foo.txt, it
    will be told to access http://foo2.bar.com/service/foo.txt
    instead.</p>

<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3> <p>Redirect directives take precedence over
Alias and ScriptAlias directives, irrespective of their ordering in
the configuration file. Also, <em>URL-path</em> must be an absolute
path, not a relative path, even when used with .htaccess files or
inside of <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code>
sections.</p></div>

    <p>If no <em>status</em> argument is given, the redirect will
    be "temporary" (HTTP status 302). This indicates to the client
    that the resource has moved temporarily. The <em>status</em>
    argument can be used to return other HTTP status codes:</p>

    <dl>
      <dt>permanent</dt>

      <dd>Returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that
      the resource has moved permanently.</dd>

      <dt>temp</dt>

      <dd>Returns a temporary redirect status (302). This is the
      default.</dd>

      <dt>seeother</dt>

      <dd>Returns a "See Other" status (303) indicating that the
      resource has been replaced.</dd>

      <dt>gone</dt>

      <dd>Returns a "Gone" status (410) indicating that the
      resource has been permanently removed. When this status is
      used the <em>url</em> argument should be omitted.</dd>
    </dl>

    <p>Other status codes can be returned by giving the numeric
    status code as the value of <em>status</em>. If the status is
    between 300 and 399, the <em>url</em> argument must be present,
    otherwise it must be omitted. Note that the status must be
    known to the Apache code (see the function
    <code>send_error_response</code> in http_protocol.c).</p>

    <p>Example:</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>
        Redirect permanent /one http://example.com/two<br />
        Redirect 303 /three http://example.com/other
    </code></p></div>

</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RedirectMatch" id="RedirectMatch">RedirectMatch</a> <a name="redirectmatch" id="redirectmatch">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Sends an external redirect based on a regular expression match 
of the current URL</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td>RedirectMatch [<em>status</em>] <em>regex URL</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:
              </a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>
    <p>This directive is equivalent to <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code>, but makes use of standard
    regular expressions, instead of simple prefix matching. The
    supplied regular expression is matched against the URL-path, and
    if it matches, the server will substitute any parenthesized
    matches into the given string and use it as a filename. For
    example, to redirect all GIF files to like-named JPEG files on
    another server, one might use:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
    RedirectMatch (.*)\.gif$ http://www.anotherserver.com$1.jpg
</code></p></div>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RedirectPermanent" id="RedirectPermanent">RedirectPermanent</a> <a name="redirectpermanent" id="redirectpermanent">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Sends an external permanent redirect asking the client to fetch
a different URL</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td>RedirectPermanent <em>URL-path URL</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:
              </a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>
    <p>This directive makes the client know that the Redirect is
    permanent (status 301). Exactly equivalent to <code>Redirect
    permanent</code>.</p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RedirectTemp" id="RedirectTemp">RedirectTemp</a> <a name="redirecttemp" id="redirecttemp">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Sends an external temporary redirect asking the client to fetch
a different URL</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td>RedirectTemp <em>URL-path URL</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:
              </a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>
    <p>This directive makes the client know that the Redirect is
    only temporary (status 302). Exactly equivalent to
    <code>Redirect temp</code>.</p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptAlias" id="ScriptAlias">ScriptAlias</a> <a name="scriptalias" id="scriptalias">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Maps a URL to a filesystem location and designates the
target as a CGI script</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td>ScriptAlias 
<em>URL-path file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">ScriptAlias</code> directive has the same
    behavior as the <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>
    directive, except that in addition it marks the target directory
    as containing CGI scripts that will be processed by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>'s cgi-script handler. URLs with a
    (%-decoded) path beginning with <em>URL-path</em> will be mapped
    to scripts beginning with the second argument which is a full
    pathname in the local filesystem.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>

<div class="example"><p><code>ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /web/cgi-bin/</code></p></div>

    <p>A request for <code>http://myserver/cgi-bin/foo</code> would cause the
    server to run the script <code>/web/cgi-bin/foo</code>.</p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptAliasMatch" id="ScriptAliasMatch">ScriptAliasMatch</a> <a name="scriptaliasmatch" id="scriptaliasmatch">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description: 
              </a></th><td>Maps a URL to a filesystem location using a regular expression
and designates the target as a CGI script</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
              </a></th><td>ScriptAliasMatch
<em>regex file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
              </a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
              </a></th><td>Base</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
              </a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr></table>
    <p>This directive is equivalent to <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code>, but makes use of standard
    regular expressions, instead of simple prefix matching. The
    supplied regular expression is matched against the URL-path,
    and if it matches, the server will substitute any parenthesized
    matches into the given string and use it as a filename. For
    example, to activate the standard <code>/cgi-bin</code>, one
    might use:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
    ScriptAliasMatch ^/cgi-bin(.*) /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin$1
</code></p></div>
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