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Advanced - .asis extensions

.asis extension capability is provided. This capability allows to send files in the state "as is" without adding most of the usual http headers. 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.

The file will be sent to the client with only a few changes. Clients require http headers to be present, so do not forget them. A Status: header is also required; the data should be the 3-digit http response code, followed by the textual message. Excerpt from http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_asis.html Here's an example of a file whose contents are sent "as is", to tell the client that the file has been 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>
Notes: the server always adds a Date: and Server: header to the data returned to the client, so these should not be included in the file.

This affect all files in your server what have .asis extension. If there are a file "index.asis" it will be send as default file.

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