On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 08:12 -0700, Dave Viner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to set a special Perl handler for the "homepage" or index > page of a site. A directive like: > > <Location /> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlResponseHandler Cool::Handler > </Location> > > causes all requests to be served by Cool::Handler. However, I want > only requests that match ^/$ to be served in that manner. One hacky > way I found to use mod_rewrite like is this: > > <Location /index> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlResponseHandler Cool::Handler > </Location> > RewriteRule ^/index.html /index [R=301] > > But, I think there must be a better way. What's the best way for me > to specify a handler which matches the "/" request?
Try this: <Location ~ "^/$" > Clint
