<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
content-type</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var> [virtual]</code></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_actions</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>The <code>virtual</code> modifier was introduced in Apache
+2.1</td></tr>
</table>
<p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
<var>cgi-script</var> when <var>action-type</var> is triggered by the
<code>.xyz</code> are handled instead by the specified cgi script
<code>/cgi-bin/program.cgi</code>.</p>
+ <p>The optional <code>virtual</code> modifier turns off the check
+ whether the requested file really exists. This is useful, for example,
+ if you want to use the <code class="directive">Action</code> directive in
+ virtual locations.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
+ <Location /news><br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ SetHandler news-handler
+ Action news-handler /cgi-bin/news.cgi virtual
+ </span>
+ </Location>
+ </code></p></div>
+
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
Kindprozesse, die Anfragen an Netzwerk-Sockets entgegennehmen.</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><a href="core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo On|Off|Default</a></td><td> Default </td><td>svdh</td><td>C</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Ressourcen lassen angehängte Pfadangaben zu</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core.html#accessfilename">AccessFileName <var>Dateiname</var> [<var>Dateiname</var>] ...</a></td><td> .htaccess </td><td>sv</td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Name der dezentralen Konfigurationsdateien</td></tr>
-<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
+<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var> [virtual]</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
content-type</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="mod_autoindex.html#addalt">AddAlt <var>string</var> <var>file</var> [<var>file</var>] ...</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an
icon selected by filename</td></tr>
accepting requests on network sockets</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><a href="core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo On|Off|Default</a></td><td> Default </td><td>svdh</td><td>C</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Resources accept trailing pathname information</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core.html#accessfilename">AccessFileName <var>filename</var> [<var>filename</var>] ...</a></td><td> .htaccess </td><td>sv</td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Name of the distributed configuration file</td></tr>
-<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
+<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_actions.html#action">Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var> [virtual]</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
content-type</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="mod_autoindex.html#addalt">AddAlt <var>string</var> <var>file</var> [<var>file</var>] ...</a></td><td /><td>svdh</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an
icon selected by filename</td></tr>