mod_rewrite on apache 1.3.9

[Yu, Leo]

Title: mod_rewrite on apache 1.3.9

  Hi,
          Does the rewrite module work on apache 1.3.9 ?

          I tried to rewite a URL of /abc  to /def/ghi so that the servlet, ghi , in directory /def will be executed.
          However, the rewrite module prefixed the htdocs directory on the new URL and that caused a file not
          found error.

          How do I tell it not to use the htdocs directory instead of the servelet root direcotry ?

          Thanks!

 Leo