in reply to Perl script to handle requests to a http://.../path/*
A couple of ways:
- The 404 Error
- Apache lets you set a custom script to handle 404 errors. Just get all 404s sent to your perl script. They you can get the requested path from the ENV vars. Unfortunately this will make an entry in your error log every time.
- The DirectoryIndex
- Set the DirectoryIndex on the root directory to a perl script called thedirectory and set this to execute. The rest of the URL can then be read from the PATH_INFO env var. (I can't think quickly how to make thedirectory have a cgi flag though ...)
- ModRewrite
- Apache has a module ModRewrite that allows you to rewrite a request on the fly. It's not a relocate that changes the address in the user's browser but an actual server-side rewrite of the path. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html for examples.