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6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive<description>Provides for "trailing slash" redirects and
d24d4c5159bcb11c25bb294926cfe7105c789ea9slive serving directory index files</description>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <p>The index of a directory can come from one of two sources:</p>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <li>A file written by the user, typically called
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <code>index.html</code>. The <directive module="mod_dir"
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive >DirectoryIndex</directive> directive sets the
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive name of this file. This is controlled by
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <li>Otherwise, a listing generated by the server. This is
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <p>The two functions are separated so that you can completely
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive remove (or replace) automatic index generation should you want
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <p>A "trailing slash" redirect is issued when the server
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive receives a request for a URL
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <code>dirname</code> is a directory. Directories require a
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive trailing slash, so <module>mod_dir</module> issues a redirect to
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive<directivesynopsis>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive<description>List of resources to look for when the client requests
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslivea directory</description>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive<syntax>DirectoryIndex
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd<context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <p>The <directive>DirectoryIndex</directive> directive sets the
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive list of resources to look for, when the client requests an index
1887c0b8ceab2c8d64a1e5b3aa512e77b86b49fayoshiki of the directory by specifying a / at the end of the directory
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd name. <var>Local-url</var> is the (%-encoded) URL of a document on
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive the server relative to the requested directory; it is usually the
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive name of a file in the directory. Several URLs may be given, in
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive which case the server will return the first one that it finds. If
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive none of the resources exist and the <code>Indexes</code> option is
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive set, the server will generate its own listing of the
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive directory.</p>
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd DirectoryIndex index.html
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd </example>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <p>then a request for <code>http://myserver/docs/</code> would
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive return <code>http://myserver/docs/index.html</code> if it
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive exists, or would list the directory if it did not.</p>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <p>Note that the documents do not need to be relative to the
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive directory;</p>
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd </example>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive <p>would cause the CGI script <code>/cgi-bin/index.pl</code> to be
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd executed if neither <code>index.html</code> or <code>index.txt</code>
f5cbf3a7818c08d2f19c04fdf4f47257eea7d3c6nd existed in a directory.</p>
6a7d71eb77725eb1b1091a94289696ab07946c7bslive</directivesynopsis>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd<directivesynopsis>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd<description>Toggle trailing slash redirects on or off</description>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd<context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
a7749772d764a29ed2376733f951c4c9a28b2121nd<compatibility>Available in version 2.0.51 and later</compatibility>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <p>The <directive>DirectorySlash</directive> directive determines, whether
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <module>mod_dir</module> should fixup URLs pointing to a directory or
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <p>Typically if a user requests a resource without a trailing slash, which
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd points to a directory, <module>mod_dir</module> redirects him to the same
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd ressource, but <em>with</em> trailing slash for some good reasons:</p>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <li>The user is finally requesting the canonical URL of the resource</li>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <li><module>mod_autoindex</module> works correctly. Since it doesn't emit
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd the path in the link, it would point to the wrong path.</li>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <li><directive module="mod_dir">DirectoryIndex</directive> will be evaluated
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <em>only</em> for directories requested with trailing slash.</li>
571d9bf2dccc0cb3d944fd06a96218ab49899513nd <li>Relative URL references inside html pages will work correctly.</li>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <p>Well, if you don't want this effect <em>and</em> the reasons above don't
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd apply to you, you can turn off the redirect with:</p>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd # see security warning below!<br />
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd DirectorySlash Off<br />
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd SetHandler some-handler<br />
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd </Location>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd </example>
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <p>Turning off the trailing slash redirect may result in an information
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd disclosure. Consider a situation where <module>mod_autoindex</module> is
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd active (<code>Options +Indexes</code>) and <directive module="mod_dir"
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd >DirectoryIndex</directive> is set to a valid resource (say,
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <code>index.html</code>) and there's no other special handler defined for
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd that URL. In this case a request with a trailing slash would show the
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd <code>index.html</code> file. <strong>But a request without trailing slash
3b2d0dc9701458b42e573190ffe7344315d7bd31nd</directivesynopsis>
7db9f691a00ead175b03335457ca296a33ddf31bnd</modulesynopsis>