rbowen 01/11/10 05:45:10
Modified: htdocs/manual/mod core.html.en
Log:
Added more detail, and a compatibility note, for AccessConfig and
ResourceConfig.
Revision Changes Path
1.202 +31 -11 httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/core.html.en
Index: core.html.en
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RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/core.html.en,v
retrieving revision 1.201
retrieving revision 1.202
diff -u -r1.201 -r1.202
--- core.html.en 2001/11/10 03:34:26 1.201
+++ core.html.en 2001/11/10 13:45:10 1.202
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@
rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> server config, virtual
host<br />
<a href="directive-dict.html#Status"
- rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> core
+ rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> core <br />
+ <a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility"
+ rel="Help"><strong>Compatibility:</strong></a> The ability to
+ specify a directory, rather than a file name, is only available in
+ Apache 1.3.13 and later.
<p>The server will read this file for more directives after
reading the <a href="#resourceconfig">ResourceConfig</a> file.
@@ -278,12 +282,18 @@
Historically, this file only contained <a
href="#directory"><Directory></a> sections; in fact it
can now contain any server directive allowed in the <em>server
- config</em> context.
+ config</em> context. However, since Apache version 1.3.4,
+ the default <code>access.conf</code> file which ships with
+ Apache contains only comments, and all directives are placed
+ in the main server configuration file, <code>httpd.conf</code>.
- <p>New in Apache 1.3.13 is the feature that if
- <code>AccessConfig</code> points to a directory, rather than a
+ <p>If <code>AccessConfig</code> points to a directory, rather than a
file, Apache will read all files in that directory, and any
- subdirectory, and parse those as configuration files.</p>
+ subdirectory, and parse those as configuration files. Note that
+ <emph>any</emph> file in the specified directory will be loaded as a
+ configuration file, so make sure that you don't have stray files in
+ this directory by mistake, such as temporary files created by your
+ editor, for example.</p>
<p>See also <a href="#resourceconfig">ResourceConfig</a>.</p>
<hr />
@@ -2766,7 +2776,11 @@
rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> server config, virtual
host<br />
<a href="directive-dict.html#Status"
- rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> core
+ rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> core <br />
+ <a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility"
+ rel="Help"><strong>Compatibility:</strong></a> The ability to
+ specify a directory, rather than a file name, is only available in
+ Apache 1.3.13 and later.
<p>The server will read this file for more directives after
reading the httpd.conf file. <em>File-path</em> is relative to
@@ -2781,16 +2795,22 @@
<blockquote>
<code>ResourceConfig nul</code>
</blockquote>
- Historically, this file contained most directives except for
+ <p>Historically, this file contained most directives except for
server configuration directives and <a
href="#directory"><Directory></a> sections; in fact it
can now contain any server directive allowed in the <em>server
- config</em> context.
+ config</em> context. However, since Apache version 1.3.4, the
+ default <code>srm.conf</code> file which ships with Apache contains
+ only comments, and all directives are placed in the main server
+ configuration file, <code>httpd.conf</code>.</p>
- <p>New in Apache 1.3.13 is the feature that if
- <code>ResourceConfig</code> points to a directory, rather than
+ <p>If <code>ResourceConfig</code> points to a directory, rather than
a file, Apache will read all files in that directory, and any
- subdirectory, and parse those as configuration files.</p>
+ subdirectory, and parse those as configuration files. Note that
+ <emph>any</emph> file in the specified directory will be loaded as a
+ configuration file, so make sure that you don't have any stray files
+ in this directory by mistake, such as temporary files created by
+ your editor, for example.</p>
<p>See also <a href="#accessconfig">AccessConfig</a>.</p>
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