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<name>mod_dir</name>

<description>Provides for "trailing slash" redirects and

serving directory index files</description>

<status>Base</status>

<sourcefile>mod_dir.c</sourcefile>

<identifier>dir_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. This is

provided 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>A "trailing slash" redirect is issued when the server

receives a request for a URL

<code>http://servername/foo/dirname</code> where

<code>dirname</code> is a directory. Directories require a

trailing slash, so <module>mod_dir</module> issues a redirect to

<code>http://servername/foo/dirname/</code>.</p>

</summary>

<directivesynopsis>

<name>DirectoryIndex</name>

<description>List of resources to look for when the client requests

a directory</description>

<syntax>DirectoryIndex

disabled | <var>local-url</var> [<var>local-url</var>] ...</syntax>

<default>DirectoryIndex index.html</default>

<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>

<context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>

<override>Indexes</override>

<usage>

<p>The <directive>DirectoryIndex</directive> directive sets the

list of resources to look for, when the client requests an index

of the directory by specifying a / at the end of the directory

name. <var>Local-url</var> is the (%-encoded) URL of a document on

the server relative to the requested directory; it is usually the

name of a file in the directory. Several URLs may be given, in

which case the server will return the first one that it finds. If

none of the resources exist and the <code>Indexes</code> option is

set, the server will generate its own listing of the

directory.</p>

<example><title>Example</title>

DirectoryIndex index.html

</example>

<p>then a request for <code>http://myserver/docs/</code> would

return <code>http://myserver/docs/index.html</code> if it

exists, or would list the directory if it did not.</p>

<p>Note that the documents do not need to be relative to the

directory;</p>

<example>

DirectoryIndex index.html index.txt /cgi-bin/index.pl

</example>

<p>would cause the CGI script <code>/cgi-bin/index.pl</code> to be

executed if neither <code>index.html</code> or <code>index.txt</code>

existed in a directory.</p>

<p>A single argument of "disabled" prevents <module>mod_dir</module> from

searching for an index. An argument of "disabled" will be interpeted

literally if it has any arguments before or after it, even if they are "disabled"

as well.</p>

</usage>

</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>

<name>DirectorySlash</name>

<description>Toggle trailing slash redirects on or off</description>

<syntax>DirectorySlash On|Off</syntax>

<default>DirectorySlash On</default>

<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>

<context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>

<override>Indexes</override>

<compatibility>Available in version 2.0.51 and later</compatibility>

<usage>

<p>The <directive>DirectorySlash</directive> directive determines, whether

<module>mod_dir</module> should fixup URLs pointing to a directory or

not.</p>

<p>Typically if a user requests a resource without a trailing slash, which

points to a directory, <module>mod_dir</module> redirects him to the same

resource, but <em>with</em> trailing slash for some good reasons:</p>

<ul>

<li>The user is finally requesting the canonical URL of the resource</li>

<li><module>mod_autoindex</module> works correctly. Since it doesn't emit

the path in the link, it would point to the wrong path.</li>

<li><directive module="mod_dir">DirectoryIndex</directive> will be evaluated

<em>only</em> for directories requested with trailing slash.</li>

<li>Relative URL references inside html pages will work correctly.</li>

</ul>

<p>Well, if you don't want this effect <em>and</em> the reasons above don't

apply to you, you can turn off the redirect with:</p>

<example>

# see security warning below!<br />

&lt;Location /some/path&gt;<br />

<indent>

DirectorySlash Off<br />

SetHandler some-handler<br />

</indent>

&lt;/Location&gt;

</example>

<note type="warning"><title>Security Warning</title>

<p>Turning off the trailing slash redirect may result in an information

disclosure. Consider a situation where <module>mod_autoindex</module> is

active (<code>Options +Indexes</code>) and <directive module="mod_dir"

>DirectoryIndex</directive> is set to a valid resource (say,

<code>index.html</code>) and there's no other special handler defined for

that URL. In this case a request with a trailing slash would show the

<code>index.html</code> file. <strong>But a request without trailing slash

would list the directory contents</strong>.</p>

</note>

</usage>

</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>

<name>DefaultMapping</name>

<description>Define a default URL for requests that don't map to a file</description>

<syntax>DefaultMapping <var>local-url</var></syntax>

<default>None - httpd will return 404 (Not Found)</default>

<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>

<context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>

<override>Indexes</override>

<usage>

<p>Use this to set a handler for any URL that doesn't map to anything

in your filesystem, and would otherwise return HTTP 404 (Not Found).

For example</p>

<example>

<code>DefaultMapping default.php</code>

</example>

<p>will cause requests for non-existent files to be handled by

<code>default.php</code>, while requests for files that exist

are unaffected.</p>

</usage>

</directivesynopsis>

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