module="mod_alias">Alias</directive> directive will map any part
of the filesystem into the web space. For example, with</p>
-<highlight language="config">Alias /docs /var/web</highlight>
+ <highlight language="config">
+Alias "/docs" "/var/web"
+ </highlight>
<p>the URL <code>http://www.example.com/docs/dir/file.html</code>
will be served from <code>/var/web/dir/file.html</code>. The
example,</p>
<highlight language="config">
- ScriptAliasMatch ^/~([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/cgi-bin/(.+) /home/$1/cgi-bin/$2
+ScriptAliasMatch "^/~([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/cgi-bin/(.+)" "/home/$1/cgi-bin/$2"
</highlight>
<p>will map a request to
<code>AliasMatch</code> directive:</p>
<highlight language="config">
- AliasMatch ^/upages/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(/(.*))?$ /home/$1/public_html/$3
+AliasMatch "^/upages/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(/(.*))?$" "/home/$1/public_html/$3"
</highlight>
</section>
to request the content at the new location as follows:</p>
<highlight language="config">
- Redirect permanent /foo/ http://www.example.com/bar/
+Redirect permanent "/foo/" "http://www.example.com/bar/"
</highlight>
<p>This will redirect any URL-Path starting in
requests alone, use the following configuration:</p>
<highlight language="config">
- RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ http://www.example.com/startpage.html
+RedirectMatch permanent "^/$" "http://www.example.com/startpage.html"
</highlight>
<p>Alternatively, to temporarily redirect all pages on one site
to a particular page on another site, use the following:</p>
<highlight language="config">
- RedirectMatch temp .* http://othersite.example.com/startpage.html
+RedirectMatch temp ".*" "http://othersite.example.com/startpage.html"
</highlight>
</section>