Server-Side Includes

Similar to preprocessing directives, Server-Side Includes allow you to include various values (for instance, the last modified date of a file) or a complete file in your script. The following are the Server-Side Include directives supported by IIS:

#config

Configures the format for error messages, dates, and file sizes as they are returned to the client browser

#echo

Inserts the value of an environment variable (equivalent to the various elements of the Request object's ServerVariables collection) into a client's HTML page

#exec

Inserts the results of a command-line shell command or application

#flastmod

Inserts the last modified date/time for the current page

#fsize

Inserts the file size of the current file

#include

Includes the contents of another file into the current file

All directives are allowed in HTML. Only the #include directive, however, is allowed in both HTML and ASP pages. The #include directive is the only one detailed here.

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