hi there, someone asked a similar question a while ago and here the answer that i gave them... i think it answers your question too.
---- START ---- apache uses a simple technique for determining the path_info. it starts at your document root and looks for the directory you specified in your URI. it continues to go deeper in the directory structure until it encounters a directory(or file) that doesn't exist. when this happens the path_info is set to rest of the URI (not including the last part which wasn't found!). so in your case apache looks for $DOCROOT/debug this doesn't exist (presumably) in your $DOCROOT. so the path_info is set to whatever is left, ie nothing! if you tried to request www.host/debug/foo the path_info would be /foo (without the /debug part) if you created a directory called debug inside you docroot and you tried the previous example then you path_info would be empty. i hope this doesn't confuse you a a lot! ----- END ---- in your example you request /rms/module/foo apache looks for /rms in your docroot and /rms is not found. consequently the path_info is set to the remaining part of the URI, ie /module/foo apache doesn't take into consideration Location directives when setting the path_info as far as i know. best regards, giorgos Fran Fabrizio wrote: > > In my conf file, I have the following directives: > > <Location /rms> > AuthType Apache::AuthCookieRMSDBI > AuthName RMS > PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthCookieRMSDBI->authenticate > PerlAuthzHandler Apache::AuthCookieRMSDBI->authorize > require valid-user > </Location> > > <Location /rms/module> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler RMS::Control::Module->handler > </Location> > > When I call the URL /rms/module/foo, and in > RMS::Control::Module->handler I examine $r->path_info, I get as a value > '/module/foo' rather than the expected '/foo'. If apache recognized > that /rms/module/foo was to go to RMS::Control::Module->handler then it > knows that /rms/module is the script name and thus should know that > path_info should be just /foo, right? > > Thanks, > Fran
