Handlers
A handler
is a piece of code built into Apache that performs certain actions
when a file with a particular MIME or handler type is called. For
example, a file with the handler type cgi-script
needs to be executed as a CGI script. This is illustrated in
... /site.filter.
Apache has a number of handlers built in, and others can be added
with the Actions
command (see the next section).
The built-in handlers are as follows:
-
send-as-is
Sends the file as is, with HTTP headers (mod_asis).
-
cgi-script
Executes the file (mod_cgi). Note that
Options
ExecCGI
must also be set.-
imap-file
Uses the file as an imagemap (mod_imap).
-
server-info
Gets the server’s configuration (mod_info).
-
server-status
Gets the server’s current status (mod_status).
-
server-parsed
Parses server-side includes (mod_include). Note that
Options
Includes
must also be set.-
type-map
Parses the file as a type map file for content negotiation (mod_negotiation).
-
isapi-isa
( Win32 only) Causes ISA DLLs placed in the document root directory to be loaded when their URLs are accessed.
Options
ExecCGI
must be active in the directory that contains the ISA. Check the Apache documentation, since this feature is under development (mod_isapi).
The corresponding directives follow.
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