<li>'<strong><code>redirect|R</code>
[=<em>code</em>]</strong>' (force <a id="redirect" name="redirect"><strong>r</strong>edirect</a>)<br />
- Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
+ <p>Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
<code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> (which makes the
new URL a URI) to force a external redirection. If no
<em>code</em> is given, a HTTP response of 302 (MOVED
TEMPORARILY) will be returned. If you want to use other response
- codes in the range 300-400, simply specify the appropriate number
+ codes, simply specify the appropriate number
or use one of the following symbolic names:
<code>temp</code> (default), <code>permanent</code>,
<code>seeother</code>. Use this for rules to
<code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> to the URL, and rewriting
will continue. Usually, you will want to stop rewriting at this point,
and redirect immediately. To stop rewriting, you should add
- the 'L' flag.
+ the 'L' flag.</p>
+ <p>While this is typically used for redirects, any valid status
+ code can be given here. If the status code is outside the redirect
+ range (300-399), then the <em>Substitution</em> string is dropped
+ and rewriting is stopped as if the <code>L</code> flag was
+ used.</p>
</li>
<li>'<strong><code>skip|S</code></strong>=<em>num</em>'
<li>'<strong><code>redirect|R</code>
[=<em>code</em>]</strong>' (force <a id="redirect"
name="redirect"><strong>r</strong>edirect</a>)<br />
- Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
+ <p>Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
<code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> (which makes the
new URL a URI) to force a external redirection. If no
<em>code</em> is given, a HTTP response of 302 (MOVED
TEMPORARILY) will be returned. If you want to use other response
- codes in the range 300-400, simply specify the appropriate number
+ codes, simply specify the appropriate number
or use one of the following symbolic names:
<code>temp</code> (default), <code>permanent</code>,
<code>seeother</code>. Use this for rules to
<code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> to the URL, and rewriting
will continue. Usually, you will want to stop rewriting at this point,
and redirect immediately. To stop rewriting, you should add
- the 'L' flag.
+ the 'L' flag.</p>
+ <p>While this is typically used for redirects, any valid status
+ code can be given here. If the status code is outside the redirect
+ range (300-399), then the <em>Substitution</em> string is dropped
+ and rewriting is stopped as if the <code>L</code> flag was
+ used.</p>
</li>
<li>'<strong><code>skip|S</code></strong>=<em>num</em>'