Apache Administrator's Handbook

Chapter 11. Directory Indexing

IN THIS CHAPTER

• DirectoryIndex

• Options +Indexes

• IndexOptions—”Fancy” Indexing

• AddDescription

• Headers and Footers

• Ignoring Files

• Searching and Sorting

• Examples

• Indexing Security Concerns

	“And memories, he knew, were not glass treasures to be kept locked within a box. They were bright ribbons to be hung in the wind.”
	--The Talismans of Shannara—Terry Brooks

When a user requests a directory without specifying a particular filename in that directory, there are a few different things that Apache can do to serve that request. For example, if a user types in a URL that looks like http://www.example.com/directory/, Apache will have to somehow figure out which file from the directory directory is to be sent to the user.

Apache can ...