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 mod_asis.c file, and
is compiled in by default. It provides for .asis files. Any
document with mime type httpd/send-as-is will be processed by
this module.
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.
httpd/send-as-is e.g.
AddType httpd/send-as-is asis.asis file extension as being of the new
httpd/send-as-is mime type. The contents of any file with a
.asis 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.Here's an example of a file whose contents are sent as is so as to tell the client that a file has redirected.
Status: 301 Now where did I leave that URL 
Location: http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html 
Content-type: text/html 
<HTML> 
<HEAD> 
<TITLE>Lame excuses'R'us</TITLE> 
</HEAD> 
<BODY> 
<H1>Fred's exceptionally wonderful page has moved to 
<A HREF="http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html">Joe's</A> site.  
</H1> 
</BODY> 
</HTML>
 
