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- <modulesynopsis metafile="mod_autoindex.xml.meta">
- <name>mod_autoindex</name>
-
- <description>Generates directory indexes,
- automatically, similar to the Unix <code>ls</code> command or the
- Win32 <code>dir</code> shell command</description>
- <status>Base</status>
- <sourcefile>mod_autoindex.c</sourcefile>
- <identifier>autoindex_module</identifier>
-
- <summary>
- <p>The index of a directory can come from one of two
- sources:</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>A file written by the user, typically called
- <code>index.html</code>. The <directive
- module="mod_dir">DirectoryIndex</directive> directive sets the
- name of this file. This is controlled by
- <module>mod_dir</module>.</li>
-
- <li>Otherwise, a listing generated by the server. The other
- directives control the format of this listing. The <directive
- module="mod_autoindex">AddIcon</directive>, <directive
- module="mod_autoindex">AddIconByEncoding</directive> and
- <directive module="mod_autoindex">AddIconByType</directive> are
- used to set a list of icons to display for various file types;
- for each file listed, the first icon listed that matches the
- file is displayed. These are controlled by
- <module>mod_autoindex</module>.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>The two functions are separated so that you can completely
- remove (or replace) automatic index generation should you want
- to.</p>
-
- <p>Automatic index generation is enabled with using
- <code>Options +Indexes</code>. See the
- <directive module="core">Options</directive> directive for
- more details.</p>
-
- <p>If the <code><a href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing"
- >FancyIndexing</a></code> option is given with the <directive
- module="mod_autoindex">IndexOptions</directive> directive,
- the column headers are links that control the order of the
- display. If you select a header link, the listing will be
- regenerated, sorted by the values in that column. Selecting the
- same header repeatedly toggles between ascending and descending
- order. These column header links are suppressed with
- <directive module="mod_autoindex">IndexOptions</directive> directive's
- <code>SuppressColumnSorting</code> option.</p>
-
- <p>Note that when the display is sorted by "Size", it's the
- <em>actual</em> size of the files that's used, not the
- displayed value - so a 1010-byte file will always be displayed
- before a 1011-byte file (if in ascending order) even though
- they both are shown as "1K".</p>
- </summary>
-
- <section id="query">
- <title>Autoindex Request Query Arguments</title>
-
- <p>Apache 2.0.23 reorganized the Query Arguments for Column
- Sorting, and introduced an entire group of new query options.
- To effectively eliminate all client control over the output,
- the <code><a href="#indexoptions.ignoreclient">IndexOptions
- IgnoreClient</a></code> option was introduced.</p>
-
- <p>The column sorting headers themselves are self-referencing
- hyperlinks that add the sort query options shown below. Any
- option below may be added to any request for the directory
- resource.</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li><code>C=N</code> sorts the directory by file name</li>
-
- <li><code>C=M</code> sorts the directory by last-modified
- date, then file name</li>
-
- <li><code>C=S</code> sorts the directory by size, then file
- name</li>
-
- <li class="separate"><code>C=D</code> sorts the directory by description, then
- file name</li>
-
- <li><code>O=A</code> sorts the listing in Ascending
- Order</li>
-
- <li class="separate"><code>O=D</code> sorts the listing in Descending
- Order</li>
-
- <li><code>F=0</code> formats the listing as a simple list
- (not FancyIndexed)</li>
-
- <li><code>F=1</code> formats the listing as a FancyIndexed
- list</li>
-
- <li class="separate"><code>F=2</code> formats the listing as an
- HTMLTable FancyIndexed list</li>
-
- <li><code>V=0</code> disables version sorting</li>
-
- <li class="separate"><code>V=1</code> enables version sorting</li>
-
- <li><code>P=<var>pattern</var></code> lists only files matching
- the given <var>pattern</var></li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>Note that the 'P'attern query argument is tested
- <em>after</em> the usual <directive module="mod_autoindex"
- >IndexIgnore</directive> directives are processed,
- and all file names are still subjected to the same criteria as
- any other autoindex listing. The Query Arguments parser in
- <module>mod_autoindex</module> will stop abruptly when an unrecognized
- option is encountered. The Query Arguments must be well formed,
- according to the table above.</p>
-
- <p>The simple example below, which can be clipped and saved in
- a header.html file, illustrates these query options. Note that
- the unknown "X" argument, for the submit button, is listed last
- to assure the arguments are all parsed before mod_autoindex
- encounters the X=Go input.</p>
-
- <example>
- <form action="" method="get"><br />
- <indent>
- Show me a <select name="F"><br />
- <indent>
- <option value="0"> Plain list</option><br />
- <option value="1" selected="selected"> Fancy list</option><br />
- <option value="2"> Table list</option><br />
- </indent>
- </select><br />
- Sorted by <select name="C"><br />
- <indent>
- <option value="N" selected="selected"> Name</option><br />
- <option value="M"> Date Modified</option><br />
- <option value="S"> Size</option><br />
- <option value="D"> Description</option><br />
- </indent>
- </select><br />
- <select name="O"><br />
- <indent>
- <option value="A" selected="selected"> Ascending</option><br />
- <option value="D"> Descending</option><br />
- </indent>
- </select><br />
- <select name="V"><br />
- <indent>
- <option value="0" selected="selected"> in Normal order</option><br />
- <option value="1"> in Version order</option><br />
- </indent>
- </select><br />
- Matching <input type="text" name="P" value="*" /><br />
- <input type="submit" name="X" value="Go" /><br />
- </indent>
- </form>
- </example>
-
- </section>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AddAlt</name>
- <description>Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an
- icon selected by filename</description>
- <syntax>AddAlt <var>string</var> <var>file</var> [<var>file</var>] ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p><directive>AddAlt</directive> provides the alternate text to
- display for a file, instead of an icon, for <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></code>.
- <var>File</var> is a file extension, partial filename, wild-card
- expression or full filename for files to describe.
- If <var>String</var> contains any whitespace, you have to enclose it
- in quotes (<code>"</code> or <code>'</code>). This alternate text
- is displayed if the client is image-incapable, has image loading
- disabled, or fails to retrieve the icon.</p>
-
- <example><title>Examples</title>
- AddAlt "PDF file" *.pdf<br />
- AddAlt Compressed *.gz *.zip *.Z
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AddAltByEncoding</name>
- <description>Alternate text to display for a file instead of an icon
- selected by MIME-encoding</description>
- <syntax>AddAltByEncoding <var>string</var> <var>MIME-encoding</var>
- [<var>MIME-encoding</var>] ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p><directive>AddAltByEncoding</directive> provides the alternate
- text to display for a file, instead of an icon, for <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></code>.
- <var>MIME-encoding</var> is a valid content-encoding, such as
- <code>x-compress</code>. If <var>String</var> contains any whitespace,
- you have to enclose it in quotes (<code>"</code> or <code>'</code>).
- This alternate text is displayed if the client is image-incapable,
- has image loading disabled, or fails to retrieve the icon.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- AddAltByEncoding gzip x-gzip
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AddAltByType</name>
- <description>Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an
- icon selected by MIME content-type</description>
- <syntax>AddAltByType <var>string</var> <var>MIME-type</var>
- [<var>MIME-type</var>] ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p><directive>AddAltByType</directive> sets the alternate text to
- display for a file, instead of an icon, for <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></code>.
- <var>MIME-type</var> is a valid content-type, such as
- <code>text/html</code>. If <var>String</var> contains any whitespace,
- you have to enclose it in quotes (<code>"</code> or <code>'</code>).
- This alternate text is displayed if the client is image-incapable,
- has image loading disabled, or fails to retrieve the icon.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- AddAltByType 'plain text' text/plain
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AddDescription</name>
- <description>Description to display for a file</description>
- <syntax>AddDescription <var>string file</var> [<var>file</var>] ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This sets the description to display for a file, for
- <code><a href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing"
- >FancyIndexing</a></code>.
- <var>File</var> is a file extension, partial filename, wild-card
- expression or full filename for files to describe.
- <var>String</var> is enclosed in double quotes (<code>"</code>).</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- AddDescription "The planet Mars" /web/pics/mars.gif
- </example>
-
- <p>The typical, default description field is 23 bytes wide. 6
- more bytes are added by the <code><a href="#indexoptions.suppressicon"
- >IndexOptions SuppressIcon</a></code> option, 7 bytes are
- added by the <code><a href="#indexoptions.suppresssize"
- >IndexOptions SuppressSize</a></code> option, and 19 bytes are
- added by the <code><a href="#indexoptions.suppresslastmodified"
- >IndexOptions SuppressLastModified</a></code> option.
- Therefore, the widest default the description column is ever
- assigned is 55 bytes.</p>
-
- <p>See the <a href="#indexoptions.descriptionwidth"
- >DescriptionWidth</a> <directive module="mod_autoindex"
- >IndexOptions</directive> keyword for details on overriding the size
- of this column, or allowing descriptions of unlimited length.</p>
-
- <note><title>Caution</title>
- <p>Descriptive text defined with <directive>AddDescription</directive>
- may contain HTML markup, such as tags and character entities. If the
- width of the description column should happen to truncate a tagged
- element (such as cutting off the end of a bolded phrase), the
- results may affect the rest of the directory listing.</p>
- </note>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AddIcon</name>
- <description>Icon to display for a file selected by name</description>
- <syntax>AddIcon <var>icon</var> <var>name</var> [<var>name</var>]
- ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This sets the icon to display next to a file ending in
- <var>name</var> for <code><a href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing"
- >FancyIndexing</a></code>. <var>Icon</var> is either a (%-escaped)
- relative URL to the icon, or of the format <code>
- (<var>alttext</var>,<var>url</var>)</code> where <var>alttext</var>
- is the text tag given for an icon for non-graphical browsers.</p>
-
- <p><var>Name</var> is either <code>^^DIRECTORY^^</code> for directories,
- <code>^^BLANKICON^^</code> for blank lines (to format the list
- correctly), a file extension, a wildcard expression, a partial
- filename or a complete filename.</p>
-
- <example><title>Examples</title>
- AddIcon (IMG,/icons/image.xbm) .gif .jpg .xbm<br />
- AddIcon /icons/dir.xbm ^^DIRECTORY^^<br />
- AddIcon /icons/backup.xbm *~
- </example>
-
- <p><directive module="mod_autoindex">AddIconByType</directive>
- should be used in preference to <directive>AddIcon</directive>,
- when possible.</p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AddIconByEncoding</name>
- <description>Icon to display next to files selected by MIME
- content-encoding</description>
- <syntax>AddIconByEncoding <var>icon</var> <var>MIME-encoding</var>
- [<var>MIME-encoding</var>] ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This sets the icon to display next to files with <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></code>.
- <var>Icon</var> is either a (%-escaped) relative URL to the icon,
- or of the format <code>(<var>alttext</var>,<var>url</var>)</code>
- where <var>alttext</var> is the text tag given for an icon for
- non-graphical browsers.</p>
-
- <p><var>MIME-encoding</var> is a wildcard expression matching
- required the content-encoding.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- AddIconByEncoding /icons/compress.xbm x-compress
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>AddIconByType</name>
- <description>Icon to display next to files selected by MIME
- content-type</description>
- <syntax>AddIconByType <var>icon</var> <var>MIME-type</var>
- [<var>MIME-type</var>] ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This sets the icon to display next to files of type
- <var>MIME-type</var> for <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></code>.
- <var>Icon</var> is either a (%-escaped) relative URL to the icon,
- or of the format <code>(<var>alttext</var>,<var>url</var>)</code>
- where <var>alttext</var> is the text tag given for an icon for
- non-graphical browsers.</p>
-
- <p><var>MIME-type</var> is a wildcard expression matching
- required the mime types.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image.xbm) image/*
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>DefaultIcon</name>
- <description>Icon to display for files when no specific icon is
- configured</description>
- <syntax>DefaultIcon <var>url-path</var></syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>DefaultIcon</directive> directive sets the icon
- to display for files when no specific icon is known, for <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></code>.
- <var>Url-path</var> is a (%-escaped) relative URL to the icon.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- DefaultIcon /icon/unknown.xbm
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>HeaderName</name>
- <description>Name of the file that will be inserted at the top
- of the index listing</description>
- <syntax>HeaderName <var>filename</var></syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>HeaderName</directive> directive sets the name
- of the file that will be inserted at the top of the index
- listing. <var>Filename</var> is the name of the file to include.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- HeaderName HEADER.html
- </example>
-
- <note>
- <p>Both HeaderName and <directive
- module="mod_autoindex">ReadmeName</directive> now treat
- <var>Filename</var> as a URI path relative to the one used to
- access the directory being indexed. If <var>Filename</var> begins
- with a slash, it will be taken to be relative to the <directive
- module="core">DocumentRoot</directive>.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- HeaderName /include/HEADER.html
- </example>
-
- <p><var>Filename</var> must resolve to a document with a major
- content type of <code>text/*</code> (<em>e.g.</em>,
- <code>text/html</code>, <code>text/plain</code>, etc.). This means
- that <var>filename</var> may refer to a CGI script if the script's
- actual file type (as opposed to its output) is marked as
- <code>text/html</code> such as with a directive like:</p>
-
- <example>
- AddType text/html .cgi
- </example>
-
- <p><a href="../content-negotiation.html">Content negotiation</a>
- will be performed if <directive module="core">Options</directive>
- <code>MultiViews</code> is in effect. If <var>filename</var> resolves
- to a static <code>text/html</code> document (not a CGI script) and
- either one of the <directive module="core">options</directive>
- <code>Includes</code> or <code>IncludesNOEXEC</code> is enabled,
- the file will be processed for server-side includes (see the
- <module>mod_include</module> documentation).</p>
- </note>
-
- <p>If the file specified by <directive>HeaderName</directive> contains
- the beginnings of an HTML document (<html>, <head>, etc.)
- then you will probably want to set <a
- href="#indexoptions.suppresshtmlpreamble"><code>IndexOptions
- +SuppressHTMLPreamble</code></a>, so that these tags are not
- repeated.</p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>IndexIgnore</name>
- <description>Adds to the list of files to hide when listing
- a directory</description>
- <syntax>IndexIgnore <var>file</var> [<var>file</var>] ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>IndexIgnore</directive> directive adds to the
- list of files to hide when listing a directory. <var>File</var> is a
- shell-style wildcard expression or full
- filename. Multiple IndexIgnore directives add
- to the list, rather than the replacing the list of ignored
- files. By default, the list contains <code>.</code> (the current
- directory).</p>
-
- <example>
- IndexIgnore README .htaccess *.bak *~
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>IndexOptions</name>
- <description>Various configuration settings for directory
- indexing</description>
- <syntax>IndexOptions [+|-]<var>option</var> [[+|-]<var>option</var>]
- ...</syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>IndexOptions</directive> directive specifies the
- behavior of the directory indexing. <var>Option</var> can be one
- of</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.descriptionwidth"
- id="indexoptions.descriptionwidth"
- >DescriptionWidth=[<var>n</var> | *]</a> (<em>Apache 2.0.23 and
- later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>The <code>DescriptionWidth</code> keyword allows you to
- specify the width of the description column in
- characters.</dd>
-
- <dd><code>-DescriptionWidth</code> (or unset) allows
- <module>mod_autoindex</module> to calculate the best width.</dd>
-
- <dd><code>DescriptionWidth=<var>n</var></code> fixes the column width to
- <var>n</var> bytes wide.</dd>
-
- <dd><code>DescriptionWidth=*</code> grows the column to the
- width necessary to accommodate the longest description
- string.</dd>
-
- <dd><strong>See the section on <directive
- module="mod_autoindex">AddDescription</directive> for dangers
- inherent in truncating descriptions.</strong></dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.fancyindexing"
- id="indexoptions.fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></dt>
-
- <dd>This turns on fancy indexing of directories.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.foldersfirst"
- id="indexoptions.foldersfirst">FoldersFirst</a> (<em>Apache
- 2.0.23 and later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>If this option is enabled, subdirectory listings will
- <em>always</em> appear first, followed by normal files in the
- directory. The listing is basically broken into two
- components, the files and the subdirectories, and each is
- sorted separately and then displayed subdirectories-first.
- For instance, if the sort order is descending by name, and
- <code>FoldersFirst</code> is enabled, subdirectory
- <code>Zed</code> will be listed before subdirectory
- <code>Beta</code>, which will be listed before normal files
- <code>Gamma</code> and <code>Alpha</code>. <strong>This option
- only has an effect if <a href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing"
- ><code>FancyIndexing</code></a> is also enabled.</strong></dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.htmltable"
- id="indexoptions.htmltable">HTMLTable</a> (<em>Experimental,
- Apache 2.0.23 and later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>This experimental option with FancyIndexing constructs a
- simple table for the fancy directory listing. Note this will
- confuse older browsers. It is particularly necessary if file
- names or description text will alternate between
- left-to-right and right-to-left reading order, as can happen
- on WinNT or other utf-8 enabled platforms.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.iconsarelinks"
- id="indexoptions.iconsarelinks">IconsAreLinks</a></dt>
-
- <dd>This makes the icons part of the anchor for the filename, for
- fancy indexing.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.iconheight"
- id="indexoptions.iconheight">IconHeight[=<var
- >pixels</var>]</a></dt>
-
- <dd>Presence of this option, when used with IconWidth, will cause
- the server to include <code>height</code> and <code>width</code>
- attributes in the <code>img</code> tag for the file icon. This allows
- browser to precalculate the page layout without having to wait until
- all the images have been loaded. If no value is given for the option,
- it defaults to the standard height of the icons supplied with the Apache
- software.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.iconwidth"
- id="indexoptions.iconwidth">IconWidth[=<var
- >pixels</var>]</a></dt>
-
- <dd>Presence of this option, when used with <code>IconHeight</code>,
- will cause the server to include <code>height</code> and
- <code>width</code> attributes in the <code>img</code> tag for
- the file icon. This allows browser to precalculate the page
- layout without having to wait until all the images have been
- loaded. If no value is given for the option, it defaults to
- the standard width of the icons supplied with the Apache
- software.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.ignorecase"
- id="indexoptions.ignorecase">IgnoreCase</a></dt>
-
- <dd>If this option is enabled, names are sorted in a case-insensitive
- manner. For instance, if the sort order is ascending by name, and
- IgnoreCase is enabled, file Zeta will be listed after file alfa
- (Note: file GAMMA will always be listed before file gamma). </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.ignoreclient"
- id="indexoptions.ignoreclient">IgnoreClient</a></dt>
-
- <dd>This option causes <module>mod_autoindex</module> to ignore all
- query variables from the client, including sort order (implies
- <code><a href="#indexoptions.suppresscolumnsorting"
- >SuppressColumnSorting</a></code>.)</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.namewidth"
- id="indexoptions.namewidth">NameWidth=[<var>n</var>
- | *]</a></dt>
-
- <dd>The <code>NameWidth</code> keyword allows you to specify the width
- of the filename column in bytes.</dd>
-
- <dd><code>-NameWidth</code> (or unset) allows <module
- >mod_autoindex</module> to calculate the best width.</dd>
-
- <dd><code>NameWidth=<var>n</var></code> fixes the column width to
- <var>n</var> bytes wide.</dd>
-
- <dd><code>NameWidth=*</code> grows the column to the necessary
- width.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.scanhtmltitles"
- id="indexoptions.scanhtmltitles">ScanHTMLTitles</a></dt>
-
- <dd>This enables the extraction of the title from HTML documents
- for fancy indexing. If the file does not have a description
- given by <directive module="mod_autoindex">AddDescription</directive>
- then httpd will read the document for the value of the
- <code>title</code> element. This is CPU and disk intensive.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.suppresscolumnsorting"
- id="indexoptions.suppresscolumnsorting"
- >SuppressColumnSorting</a></dt>
-
- <dd>If specified, Apache will not make the column headings in a
- FancyIndexed directory listing into links for sorting. The
- default behavior is for them to be links; selecting the
- column heading will sort the directory listing by the values
- in that column. <strong>Prior to Apache 2.0.23, this also
- disabled parsing the Query Arguments for the sort
- string.</strong> That behavior is now controlled by <a
- href="#indexoptions.ignoreclient">IndexOptions
- IgnoreClient</a> in Apache 2.0.23.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.suppressdescription"
- id="indexoptions.suppressdescription"
- >SuppressDescription</a></dt>
-
- <dd>This will suppress the file description in fancy indexing
- listings. By default, no file descriptions are defined, and
- so the use of this option will regain 23 characters of screen
- space to use for something else. See <directive module="mod_autoindex"
- >AddDescription</directive> for information about setting the file
- description. See also the <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.descriptionwidth">DescriptionWidth</a></code>
- index option to limit the size of the description column.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.suppresshtmlpreamble"
- id="indexoptions.suppresshtmlpreamble"
- >SuppressHTMLPreamble</a></dt>
-
- <dd>If the directory actually contains a file specified by the
- <directive module="mod_autoindex">HeaderName</directive>
- directive, the module usually includes the contents of the file
- after a standard HTML preamble (<code><html></code>,
- <code><head></code>, <em>et cetera</em>). The
- <code>SuppressHTMLPreamble</code> option disables this behaviour,
- causing the module to start the display with the header file
- contents. The header file must contain appropriate HTML instructions
- in this case. If there is no header file, the preamble is generated
- as usual.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.suppressicon"
- id="indexoptions.suppressicon">SuppressIcon</a> (<em>Apache
- 2.0.23 and later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>This will suppress the icon in fancy indexing listings.
- Combining both <code>SuppressIcon</code> and
- <code>SuppressRules</code> yields proper HTML 3.2 output, which
- by the final specification prohibits <code>img</code> and
- <code>hr</code> elements from the <code>pre</code> block (used to
- format FancyIndexed listings.)</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.suppresslastmodified"
- id="indexoptions.suppresslastmodified"
- >SuppressLastModified</a></dt>
-
- <dd>This will suppress the display of the last modification date,
- in fancy indexing listings.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.suppressrules"
- id="indexoptions.suppressrules">SuppressRules</a>
- (<em>Apache 2.0.23 and later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>This will suppress the horizontal rule lines (<code>hr</code>
- elements) in directory listings. Combining both <code>SuppressIcon</code> and
- <code>SuppressRules</code> yields proper HTML 3.2 output, which
- by the final specification prohibits <code>img</code> and
- <code>hr</code> elements from the <code>pre</code> block (used to
- format FancyIndexed listings.)</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.suppresssize"
- id="indexoptions.suppresssize">SuppressSize</a></dt>
-
- <dd>This will suppress the file size in fancy indexing listings.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.trackmodified"
- id="indexoptions.trackmodified">TrackModified</a> (<em>Apache
- 2.0.23 and later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>This returns the Last-Modified and ETag values for the listed
- directory in the HTTP header. It is only valid if the
- operating system and file system return appropriate stat()
- results. Some Unix systems do so, as do OS2's JFS and Win32's
- NTFS volumes. OS2 and Win32 FAT volumes, for example, do not.
- Once this feature is enabled, the client or proxy can track
- changes to the list of files when they perform a <code>HEAD</code>
- request. Note some operating systems correctly track new and
- removed files, but do not track changes for sizes or dates of
- the files within the directory. <strong>Changes to the size
- or date stamp of an existing file will not update the
- Last-Modified header on all Unix platforms.</strong> If this
- is a concern, leave this option disabled.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.versionsort"
- id="indexoptions.versionsort">VersionSort</a>
- (<em>Apache 2.0a3 and later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>The <code>VersionSort</code> keyword causes files containing
- version numbers to sort in a natural way. Strings are sorted as
- usual, except that substrings of digits in the name and
- description are compared according to their numeric value.
-
- <example><title>Example:</title>
- foo-1.7<br />
- foo-1.7.2<br />
- foo-1.7.12<br />
- foo-1.8.2<br />
- foo-1.8.2a<br />
- foo-1.12
- </example>
-
- <p>If the number starts with a zero, then it is considered to
- be a fraction:</p>
-
- <example>
- foo-1.001<br />
- foo-1.002<br />
- foo-1.030<br />
- foo-1.04
- </example>
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="indexoptions.xhtml"
- id="indexoptions.xhtml">XHTML</a>
- (<em>Apache 2.0.49 and later</em>)</dt>
-
- <dd>The <code>XHTML</code> keyword forces <module>mod_autoindex</module>
- to emit XHTML 1.0 code instead of HTML 3.2.</dd>
- </dl>
-
- <!--
- XXX: we should consider to allow sections inside <usage>
- this would require some xslt changes...
- -->
- <dl><dt>Incremental IndexOptions</dt>
- <dd>
- <p>Apache 1.3.3 introduced some significant changes in the
- handling of <directive>IndexOptions</directive> directives. In
- particular:</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>Multiple <directive>IndexOptions</directive> directives for a
- single directory are now merged together. The result of:
-
- <example>
- <Directory /foo>
- <indent>
- IndexOptions HTMLTable<br />
- IndexOptions SuppressColumnsorting
- </indent>
- </Directory>
- </example>
-
- <p>will be the equivalent of</p>
-
- <example>
- IndexOptions HTMLTable SuppressColumnsorting
- </example>
- </li>
-
- <li>The addition of the incremental syntax (<em>i.e.</em>, prefixing
- keywords with <code>+</code> or <code>-</code>).</li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>Whenever a '+' or '-' prefixed keyword is encountered, it
- is applied to the current <directive>IndexOptions</directive>
- settings (which may have been inherited from an upper-level
- directory). However, whenever an unprefixed keyword is processed, it
- clears all inherited options and any incremental settings encountered
- so far. Consider the following example:</p>
-
- <example>
- IndexOptions +ScanHTMLTitles -IconsAreLinks FancyIndexing<br />
- IndexOptions +SuppressSize
- </example>
-
- <p>The net effect is equivalent to <code>IndexOptions FancyIndexing
- +SuppressSize</code>, because the unprefixed <code>FancyIndexing</code>
- discarded the incremental keywords before it, but allowed them to
- start accumulating again afterward.</p>
-
- <p>To unconditionally set the <directive>IndexOptions</directive> for
- a particular directory, clearing the inherited settings, specify
- keywords without any <code>+</code> or <code>-</code> prefixes.</p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>IndexOrderDefault</name>
- <description>Sets the default ordering of the directory index</description>
- <syntax>IndexOrderDefault Ascending|Descending
- Name|Date|Size|Description</syntax>
- <default>IndexOrderDefault Ascending Name</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>IndexOrderDefault</directive> directive is used
- in combination with the <code><a href="#indexoptions.fancyindexing"
- >FancyIndexing</a></code> index option. By default, fancyindexed
- directory listings are displayed in ascending order by filename; the
- <directive>IndexOrderDefault</directive> allows you to change this
- initial display order.</p>
-
- <p><directive>IndexOrderDefault</directive> takes two
- arguments. The first must be either <code>Ascending</code> or
- <code>Descending</code>, indicating the direction of the sort.
- The second argument must be one of the keywords <code>Name</code>,
- <code>Date</code>, <code>Size</code>, or <code>Description</code>,
- and identifies the primary key. The secondary key is
- <em>always</em> the ascending filename.</p>
-
- <p>You can force a directory listing to only be displayed in a
- particular order by combining this directive with the <code><a
- href="#indexoptions.suppresscolumnsorting"
- >SuppressColumnSorting</a></code> index option; this will prevent
- the client from requesting the directory listing in a different
- order.</p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>ReadmeName</name>
- <description>Name of the file that will be inserted at the end
- of the index listing</description>
- <syntax>ReadmeName <var>filename</var></syntax>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
- </contextlist>
- <override>Indexes</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>ReadmeName</directive> directive sets the name
- of the file that will be appended to the end of the index
- listing. <var>Filename</var> is the name of the file to include, and
- is taken to be relative to the location being indexed. If
- <var>Filename</var> begins with a slash, it will be taken to be
- relative to the <directive module="core">DocumentRoot</directive>.
- </p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- ReadmeName FOOTER.html
- </example>
-
- <example><title>Example 2</title>
- ReadmeName /include/FOOTER.html
- </example>
-
- <p>See also <directive module="mod_autoindex"
- >HeaderName</directive>, where this behavior is described in greater
- detail.</p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- </modulesynopsis>
-