dirkx 2002/09/25 16:05:37
Modified: htdocs/manual/mod core.html.en
Log:
Added *.conf wildcard based reading of config files.
We propably at some point want to have a generic section
on fnmatch wildcarding and point all those sections to that
place.
Revision Changes Path
1.231 +29 -13 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
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diff -u -r1.230 -r1.231
--- core.html.en 27 Aug 2002 11:01:02 -0000 1.230
+++ core.html.en 25 Sep 2002 23:05:37 -0000 1.231
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
<a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax"
rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> AccessConfig
- <em>file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em><br />
+ <em>file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em>|<em>wildcard-path</em><br />
<a href="directive-dict.html#Default"
rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> <code>AccessConfig
conf/access.conf</code><br />
@@ -303,9 +303,16 @@
<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. 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
+ subdirectory, and parse those as configuration files.
+ </p>
+ <p>Alternatively you can use a wildcard to limit the scope; i.e
+ to only *.conf files.
+ </p>
+ <p>Note that by default <emph>any</emph> file in the specified
+ directory will be loaded as a configuration file.
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ 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>
@@ -1713,7 +1720,7 @@
<h2><a id="include" name="include">Include directive</a></h2>
<strong>Syntax:</strong> Include
- <em>file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em><br />
+ <em>file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em>|<em>wildcard-path</em><br />
<a href="directive-dict.html#Context"
rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> server config<br />
<a href="directive-dict.html#Status"
@@ -1733,9 +1740,10 @@
<code>Include</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>
-
+ <p>By using a wildcard this can be further limited to, say,
+ just the '*.conf' files.
+ </p>
<p>Examples:</p>
-
<blockquote>
<code>Include /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.conf<br />
Include /usr/local/apache/conf/vhosts/
@@ -3005,7 +3013,7 @@
<a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax"
rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> ResourceConfig
- <em>file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em><br />
+ <em>file-path</em>|<em>directory-path</em>|<em>wildcard-path</em><br />
<a href="directive-dict.html#Default"
rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> <code>ResourceConfig
conf/srm.conf</code><br />
@@ -3043,11 +3051,19 @@
<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. 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>
+ subdirectory, and parse those as configuration files.
+ </p>
+ <p>Alternatively you can use a wildcard to limit the scope; i.e
+ to only *.conf files.
+ </p>
+ <p>Note that by default <emph>any</emph> file in the specified
+ directory will be loaded as a configuration file.
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ 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="#accessconfig">AccessConfig</a>.</p>
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