From: Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:22:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: An example of using the [T] flag.
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An example of using the [T] flag.


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diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.html.en b/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.html.en
index b3eb688d503..f97654f8ea9 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.html.en
@@ -210,7 +210,21 @@ negate those conditions and use a [Skip] flag.</p>
 
 
 <h3><a name="flag_t" id="flag_t">T|type</a></h3>
-<p>Type flag</p>
+<p>Sets the MIME type with which the resulting response will be
+sent. This has the same effect as the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addtype">AddType</a></code> directive.</p>
+
+<p>For example, you might use the following technique to serve Perl
+source code as plain text, if requested in a particular way:</p>
+
+<div class="example"><p><code>
+# Files with 'IMG' in the name are gif images.
+RewriteRule IMG - [T=image/gif]
+</code></p></div>
+
+<p>Please note that this is a trivial example, and could be better done
+using &lt;FilesMatch&gt; instead. Always consider the alternate
+solutions to a problem before resorting to rewrite, which will
+invariably be a less efficient solution than the alternatives.</p>
 
 
 </div></div>
diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.xml b/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.xml
index bf97b577b2b..bf9d5feeb28 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/flags.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,22 @@ negate those conditions and use a [Skip] flag.</p>
 </section>
 
 <section id="flag_t"><title>T|type</title>
-<p>Type flag</p>
+<p>Sets the MIME type with which the resulting response will be
+sent. This has the same effect as the <directive
+module="mod_mime">AddType</directive> directive.</p>
+
+<p>For example, you might use the following technique to serve Perl
+source code as plain text, if requested in a particular way:</p>
+
+<example>
+# Files with 'IMG' in the name are gif images.
+RewriteRule IMG - [T=image/gif]
+</example>
+
+<p>Please note that this is a trivial example, and could be better done
+using &lt;FilesMatch&gt; instead. Always consider the alternate
+solutions to a problem before resorting to rewrite, which will
+invariably be a less efficient solution than the alternatives.</p>
 </section>
 
 </section>