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@@ -86,47 +86,6 @@
<li><a href="../urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to the filesystem</a></li>
</ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="order" id="order">Order of Processing</a></h2>
-
- <p>Aliases and Redirects occurring in different contexts are processed
- like other directives according to standard <a href="../sections.html#mergin">merging rules</a>. But when multiple
- Aliases or Redirects occur in the same context (for example, in the
- same <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost">&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</a></code>
- section) they are processed in a particular order.</p>
-
- <p>First, all Redirects are processed before Aliases are processed,
- and therefore a request that matches a <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#redirectmatch">RedirectMatch</a></code> will never have Aliases
- applied. Second, the Aliases and Redirects are processed in the order
- they appear in the configuration files, with the first match taking
- precedence.</p>
-
- <p>For this reason, when two or more of these directives apply to the
- same sub-path, you must list the most specific path first in order for
- all the directives to have an effect. For example, the following
- configuration will work as expected:</p>
-
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias /foo/bar /baz
-Alias /foo /gaq</pre>
-
-
- <p>But if the above two directives were reversed in order, the
- <code>/foo</code> <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>
- would always match before the <code>/foo/bar</code> <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>, so the latter directive would be
- ignored.</p>
-
- <p>When the <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>,
- <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> and
- <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> directives are used
- within a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code>
- or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch">&lt;LocationMatch&gt;</a></code>
- section, these directives will take precedence over any globally
- defined <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>,
- <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> and
- <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> directives.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Alias" id="Alias">Alias</a> <a name="alias" id="alias">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps URLs to filesystem locations</td></tr>
@@ -598,6 +557,47 @@ and designates the target as a CGI script</td></tr>
</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="order" id="order">Order of Processing</a></h2>
+
+ <p>Aliases and Redirects occurring in different contexts are processed
+ like other directives according to standard <a href="../sections.html#mergin">merging rules</a>. But when multiple
+ Aliases or Redirects occur in the same context (for example, in the
+ same <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost">&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</a></code>
+ section) they are processed in a particular order.</p>
+
+ <p>First, all Redirects are processed before Aliases are processed,
+ and therefore a request that matches a <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#redirectmatch">RedirectMatch</a></code> will never have Aliases
+ applied. Second, the Aliases and Redirects are processed in the order
+ they appear in the configuration files, with the first match taking
+ precedence.</p>
+
+ <p>For this reason, when two or more of these directives apply to the
+ same sub-path, you must list the most specific path first in order for
+ all the directives to have an effect. For example, the following
+ configuration will work as expected:</p>
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias /foo/bar /baz
+Alias /foo /gaq</pre>
+
+
+ <p>But if the above two directives were reversed in order, the
+ <code>/foo</code> <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>
+ would always match before the <code>/foo/bar</code> <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>, so the latter directive would be
+ ignored.</p>
+
+ <p>When the <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> and
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> directives are used
+ within a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code>
+ or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch">&lt;LocationMatch&gt;</a></code>
+ section, these directives will take precedence over any globally
+ defined <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> and
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> directives.</p>
+
+</div>
</div>
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