Loading Index.pl as the Root File

[Al Morgan]

I've been studying Slash to better understand mod_perl.  I think I
understand everything that happens in the config file, except for this:

<Location ~ "^/$">
        SetHandler "perl-script"
        PerlHandler Slash::Host::slashcode::rootHandler
</Location>

Apparently, whenever the user reqests the root document (normally
index.html), it calls rootHandler, which redirects it to index.pl.  My
question is:  What does the ~ "^/$" mean?  I don't quite understand how
they are doing what they're doing.

Thanks,

        Al Morgan [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]