(Before you suggest it merlyn, PATH_INFO is not an option in this case).
Really? Why? Can you explain? I just added this to my httpd.conf (updated slightly for simplicity): 
Listen 127.0.0.1:8801
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8801>

  Alias /images/ /Users/merlyn/Sites/virtualroots/images/
  Alias /icons/ /usr/share/httpd/icons/
  ScriptAlias / /Users/merlyn/Sites/virtualroots/virtualroot/

</VirtualHost>

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And then I created /Users/merlyn/Sites/virtualroots/virtualroot as a shell executable script: 
#!/bin/sh
echo content-type: text/plain
echo

printenv

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And now I can visit http://localhost:8801/some/place?key=value, and my CGI script is called with /some/place as the PATH_INFO and key=value for the QUERY_STRING. And I can visit /images/ and get a directory listing with the right icons, and files there are also served properly.

So, explain again why you're allergic to PATH_INFO?

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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In reply to Using PATH_INFO as your full docroot (was Re: Sending data to browser's URI field via POST) by merlyn
in thread Sending data to browser's URI field via POST by hacker

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