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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en index 5a90edb777..40e21108eb 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en @@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ ignored.</p> </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> + server to return the file /ftp/pub/image/foo.gif. Only complete + path segments are matched, so the above alias would not match a + request for http://myserver/imagefoo.gif. For more complex + matching using regular expressions, see the <code class="directive"><a href="#aliasmatch">AliasMatch</a></code> directive.</p> <p>Note that if you include a trailing / on the <var>url-path</var> then the server will require a trailing / in @@ -215,7 +218,11 @@ a different URL</td></tr> <p>If the client requests http://example.com/service/foo.txt, it will be told to access http://foo2.example.com/service/foo.txt - instead.</p> + instead. Only complete path segments are matched, so the above + example would not match a request for + http://example.com/servicefoo.txt. For more complex matching + using regular expressions, see the <code class="directive"><a href="#redirectmatch">RedirectMatch</a></code> directive.</p> + <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3> <p>Redirect directives take precedence over Alias and ScriptAlias directives, irrespective of their ordering in |