From: Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 20:08:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify trailing slashes on aliases. Resolves tid50545
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Clarify trailing slashes on aliases. Resolves tid50545


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x@1055614 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
index 83938c17954..764119de419 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ href="../urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to the filesystem</a></seealso>
 
     <dl><dd><code>Alias /icons/ /usr/local/apache/icons/</code></dd></dl>
 
-    <p>then the url <code>/icons</code> will not be aliased.</p>
+    <p>then the url <code>/icons</code> will not be aliased, as it lacks
+    that trailing /. Likewise, if you omit the slash on the
+    <var>url-path</var> then you must also omit it from the
+    <var>file-path</var>.</p>
 
     <p>Note that you may need to specify additional <directive
     type="section" module="core">Directory</directive> sections which