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- <modulesynopsis metafile="mod_asis.xml.meta">
-
- <name>mod_asis</name>
- <description>Sends files that contain their own
- HTTP headers</description>
- <status>Base</status>
- <sourcefile>mod_asis.c</sourcefile>
- <identifier>asis_module</identifier>
-
- <summary>
- <p>This module provides the handler <code>send-as-is</code>
- which causes Apache to send the document without adding most of
- the usual HTTP headers.</p>
-
- <p>This can be used to send any kind of data from the server,
- including redirects and other special HTTP responses, without
- requiring a cgi-script or an nph script.</p>
-
- <p>For historical reasons, this module will also process any
- file with the mime type <code>httpd/send-as-is</code>.</p>
- </summary>
-
- <seealso><module>mod_headers</module></seealso>
- <seealso><module>mod_cern_meta</module></seealso>
- <seealso><a href="../handler.html">Apache's Handler Use</a></seealso>
-
- <section id="usage"><title>Usage</title>
-
- <p>In the server configuration file, associate files with the
- <code>send-as-is</code> handler <em>e.g.</em></p>
-
- <example>AddHandler send-as-is asis</example>
-
- <p>The contents of any file with a <code>.asis</code> extension
- will then be sent by Apache to the client with almost no
- changes. Clients will need HTTP headers to be attached, so do
- not forget them. A Status: header is also required; the data
- should be the 3-digit HTTP response code, followed by a textual
- message.</p>
-
- <p>Here's an example of a file whose contents are sent <em>as
- is</em> so as to tell the client that a file has
- redirected.</p>
-
-
- <example>
- Status: 301 Now where did I leave that URL<br />
- Location: http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html<br />
- Content-type: text/html<br />
- <br />
- <html><br />
- <head><br />
- <title>Lame excuses'R'us</title><br />
- </head><br />
- <body><br />
- <h1>Fred's exceptionally wonderful page has moved to<br />
- <a href="http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html">Joe's</a>
- site.<br />
- </h1><br />
- </body><br />
- </html>
- </example>
-
- <note><title>Notes:</title>
- <p>The server always adds a <code>Date:</code> and <code>Server:</code>
- header to the data returned to the client, so these should not be
- included in the file. The server does <em>not</em> add a
- <code>Last-Modified</code> header; it probably should.</p>
- </note>
- </section>
-
- </modulesynopsis>
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