Syntax:
Context: server config, virtual host
Status: core
Compatibility: Location is only available in Apache 1.1 and later.
The
Note that URLs do not have to line up with the filesystem at all, it should be emphasized that
For all origin (non-proxy) requests, the URL to be matched is of the form /path/, and you should not include any http://servername prefix. For proxy requests, the URL to be matched is of the form scheme://servername/path, and you must include the prefix.
The URL may use wildcards In a wild-card string, `?' matches any single character, and `*' matches any sequences of characters.
Apache 1.2 and above: Extended regular expressions can also be used, with the addition of the ~ character. For example:
would match URLs that contained the substring "/extra/data" or "/special/data". In Apache 1.3 and above, a new directive
The Location functionality is especially useful when combined with the SetHandler directive. For example, to enable status requests, but allow them only from browsers at foo.com, you might use:
SetHandler server-status
order deny,allow
deny from all