Translations:Manual:Short URL/Apache/46/en

If the path to your script directory is aliased by the webserver via an Alias directive, as it is in Debian among others, the RewriteRule will work as long as you add the PT flag (ie: change $l to $ptl) to Pass Through the request to the next handler - mod_alias, which will correctly redirect the request, as per [$stackoverflow Stack Overflow]