Turning off Mason for a subdirectory

[water]

Hi --

I have a Mason site. How can I have Mason not modify pages within a certain subdirectory (eg jusr return the original HTML, no wrapping, no autohandlers, no filters, etc)? Note this subdir is located inside (two levels down) a web tree that is handled by Mason.

I'd prefer to have this "Mason don't change anything" implemented via Mason itself -- some sort of inheritance or override of autoload, but I'm not seeing how to do this-- rather than in the Apache config.

Thanks for help

water

[Arunbear]

This may work if your subdir doesn't already have an autohandler (and assuming mod_perl 1.x)

%# this is subdir/autohandler
<%init>
open(my $fh, $m->request_comp->source_file) 
  or return "Could nor open file $!";
$r->send_fd($fh);
</%init>

[PodMaster]

You need to write an autohandler to do it. You might also need a dhandler.

[CrunchyRoll]

I haven't tested yet, but this is the general idea:

In the directory you want left alone, create an autohandler:

<%flags>
  inherit => undef
</%flags>
<% $m->call_next %>

Alternatively, you can create an .htaccess file in the desired directory (or <Directory> block in httpd.conf) that has a RemoveHandler directive.