2009/1/12 Michael Ludwig <mlu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Bob Ionescu schrieb: >> The location walk will be processed (again) after the directory and >> file walk. > > So my assumption was wrong. Does anyone know in which document this > behaviour is described? http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/sections.html#mergin >> But mod_dir checks, if it is a regular file. What about >> creating the file as a dummy? > > You mean an index.html as redirector? No, just the filename you gave in DirctoryIndex. It won't be served due to your Handler setting but acts as a dummy for the requirement of mod_dir (existing file). But the way via DirctoryIndex and mod_dir causes a subrequest lookup for the index file, which you can avoid with the RewriteRule of course. Bob --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx