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    <h1 align="CENTER">Module mod_asis</h1>

    <p>This module provides for sending files which contain their
    own HTTP headers.</p>

    <p><a href="module-dict.html#Status"
    rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Base<br />
     <a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile"
    rel="Help"><strong>Source File:</strong></a> mod_asis.c<br />
     <a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier"
    rel="Help"><strong>Module Identifier:</strong></a>
    asis_module</p>

    <h2>Summary</h2>

    <p>This module provides the handler <code>send-as-is</code>
    which causes Apache to send the document without adding most of
    the usual HTTP headers.</p>

    <p>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.</p>

    <p>For historical reasons, this module will also process any
    file with the mime type <code>httpd/send-as-is</code>.</p>

    <h2>Directives</h2>

    <p>This module provides no directives.</p>

    <h2>Usage</h2>

    <p>In the server configuration file, associate files with the
    <code>send-as-is</code> handler <em>e.g.</em></p>

    <blockquote>
      <code>AddHandler send-as-is asis</code>
    </blockquote>
    The contents of any file with a <code>.asis</code> 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. 

    <p>Here's an example of a file whose contents are sent <em>as
    is</em> so as to tell the client that a file has
    redirected.</p>

    <blockquote>
      <code>Status: 301 Now where did I leave that URL<br />
       Location: http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html<br />
       Content-type: text/html<br />
      <br />
       &lt;HTML&gt;<br />
       &lt;HEAD&gt;<br />
       &lt;TITLE&gt;Lame excuses'R'us&lt;/TITLE&gt;<br />
       &lt;/HEAD&gt;<br />
       &lt;BODY&gt;<br />
       &lt;H1&gt;Fred's exceptionally wonderful page has moved
      to<br />
       &lt;A
      HREF="http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html"&gt;Joe's&lt;/A&gt;
      site.<br />
       &lt;/H1&gt;<br />
       &lt;/BODY&gt;<br />
       &lt;/HTML&gt;</code>
    </blockquote>

    <p>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. The server does <em>not</em> add a
    Last-Modified header; it probably should. 
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