It seems this facility should be out there, but I couldn't find it. I have some virtual paths. I.e.: /media/schema/icons/foo.gif
The apache alias facility translates them properly: 
    alias /media/schema/icons /filesystem/a/b/icons

The thing that I'm missing is this. In my perl code i have a virtual path, but i need to translate that to the actual path. I'd rather not have to maintain two sets of aliases. Is there a way to access the apache alias translations from within mod_perl handlers? something like $r->translate_alias($vstr)

Thanks in advance,
UPDATE: Duh! right at the beginning of the Apache man page. was so busy searching on aliases and such that i totally missed it. Thanks all.


-pete
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In reply to Getting at apache aliases from mod_perl handlers by dreadpiratepeter

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