From: Tony Finch <fanf@apache.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:02:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: fix some inconsistencies and add a paragraph explainint how to include a
X-Git-Tag: APACHE_2_0_ALPHA_2~78
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fix some inconsistencies and add a paragraph explainint how to include a
"." in the expansion string immediately after a % directive.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@84775 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html b/docs/manual/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html
index d9331a5752..0ae411534e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ do this you might use the following in your configuration file:
 </PRE>
 A request for <CODE>http://www.example.isp.com/directory/file.html</CODE>
 will be satisfied by the file
-<CODE>/usr/local/apache/isp.com/e/x/a/example/directory/file.html</CODE>.
+<CODE>/usr/local/apache/vhosts/isp.com/e/x/a/example/directory/file.html</CODE>.
 A more even spread of files can be achieved by hashing from the end of
 the name, for example:
 <PRE>
@@ -123,16 +123,29 @@ For IP-based virtual hosting you might use the following in your
 configuration file:
 <PRE>
 	UseCanonicalName DNS
-	VirtualDocumentRootIP	/usr/local/apache/vhost/%1/%2/%3/%4/docs
-	VirtualScriptAliasIP	/usr/local/apache/vhost/%1/%2/%3/%4/cgi-bin
+	VirtualDocumentRootIP	/usr/local/apache/vhosts/%1/%2/%3/%4/docs
+	VirtualScriptAliasIP	/usr/local/apache/vhosts/%1/%2/%3/%4/cgi-bin
 </PRE>
 A request for <CODE>http://www.example.isp.com/directory/file.html</CODE>
 would be satisfied by the file
-<CODE>/usr/local/apache/10/20/30/40/docs/directory/file.html</CODE> if
+<CODE>/usr/local/apache/vhosts/10/20/30/40/docs/directory/file.html</CODE> if
 the IP address of <CODE>www.example.com</CODE> were 10.20.30.40.
 A request for <CODE>http://www.example.isp.com/cgi-bin/script.pl</CODE>
 would be satisfied by executing the program
-<CODE>/usr/local/apache/10/20/30/40/cgi-bin/script.pl</CODE>.
+<CODE>/usr/local/apache/vhosts/10/20/30/40/cgi-bin/script.pl</CODE>.
+</P>
+
+<P>
+If you want to include the <CODE>.</CODE> character in a
+<CODE>VirtualDocumentRoot</CODE> directive, but it clashes with a
+<CODE>%</CODE> directive, you can work around the problem in the
+following way:
+<PRE>
+	VirtualDocumentRoot	/usr/local/apache/vhosts/%2.0.%3.0
+</PRE>
+A request for <CODE>http://www.example.isp.com/directory/file.html</CODE>
+will be satisfied by the file
+<CODE>/usr/local/apache/vhosts/example.isp/directory/file.html</CODE>.
 </P>
 
 <P>