svn commit: r1379321 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

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Author: humbedooh
Date: Fri Aug 31 07:02:54 2012
New Revision: 1379321

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1379321&view=rev
Log:
Note that using rewrites with a file-path substitution in a .htaccess file will look for files relative to your document root, not relative to your file system root.

Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml?rev=1379321&r1=1379320&r2=1379321&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml Fri Aug 31 07:02:54 2012
@@ -1046,7 +1046,9 @@ cannot use <code>$N</code> in the substi
         you specify a <em>Substitution</em> string of
         <code>/www/file.html</code>, then this will be treated as a
         URL-path <em>unless</em> a directory named <code>www</code>
-        exists at the root or your file-system, in which case it will
+        exists at the root or your file-system (or, in the case of 
+        using rewrites in a <code>.htaccess</code> file, relative to
+        your document root), in which case it will
         be treated as a file-system path. If you wish other
         URL-mapping directives (such as <directive
         module="mod_alias">Alias</directive>) to be applied to the