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I have a URL that I use to view my map generated using MapServer. 

http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/mwh/osm-demo/basemaps/osm-google.map&mode=browse&template=openlayers&layers=all

How can I convert it to more general style such as http://foo.com ?

I just need to show my map in a specific URL like in maps.google.com or www.openstreetmap.com and nothing more. For example I want to hide my directories showing such as /home/mwh/osm-demo/basemaps/ in the original URL.

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If you have apache, in your conf file (or .htaccess file) you can add the following lines:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^mymapserver /cgi-bin2/mapserv.exe?map=/home/mwh/osm-demo/basemaps/osm-google.map&mode=browse&template=openlayers&layers=all& [QSA]

RewriteRule ^mymapserverwms(.*) /cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/mwh/osm-demo/basemaps/osm-google.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0& [QSA]

In that example, the URL http://localost/mymapserver will translate to your long string.
Please check documentation in Apache for "RewriteEngine".

Cheers, Francesco

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You can use the MapServer variable MS_map as part of a SetEnvIf directive in your Apache configuration like:

SetEnvIf Request_URI "/cgi-bin/mapserv" MS_map file=/home/mwh/osm-demo/basemaps/osm-google.map
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