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authorEric Covener <covener@apache.org>2010-11-30 13:40:38 +0100
committerEric Covener <covener@apache.org>2010-11-30 13:40:38 +0100
commit6f1cd329a95e1a23199851ed84b45e48432c2a7c (patch)
tree484c1752e96ae97a1cb1ac6d10efbf901e5cff4c
parentStop warning, init should be an int. (diff)
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PR50376 clarify that <Directory> applies to the files under the Directory, not just the directories themselves.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1040494 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/mod/core.xml11
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/sections.xml3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 96f9105d69..b75f715a2b 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ which no other media type configuration could be found.
<directivesynopsis type="section">
<name>Directory</name>
<description>Enclose a group of directives that apply only to the
-named file-system directory and sub-directories</description>
+named file-system directory, sub-directories, and their contents.</description>
<syntax>&lt;Directory <var>directory-path</var>&gt;
... &lt;/Directory&gt;</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
@@ -563,8 +563,9 @@ named file-system directory and sub-directories</description>
<usage>
<p><directive type="section">Directory</directive> and
<code>&lt;/Directory&gt;</code> are used to enclose a group of
- directives that will apply only to the named directory and
- sub-directories of that directory. Any directive that is allowed
+ directives that will apply only to the named directory,
+ sub-directories of that directory, and the files within the respective
+ directories. Any directive that is allowed
in a directory context may be used. <var>Directory-path</var> is
either the full path to a directory, or a wild-card string using
Unix shell-style matching. In a wild-card string, <code>?</code> matches
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ named file-system directory and sub-directories</description>
<directivesynopsis type="section">
<name>DirectoryMatch</name>
<description>Enclose directives that apply to
-file-system directories matching a regular expression.</description>
+the contents of file-system directories matching a regular expression.</description>
<syntax>&lt;DirectoryMatch <var>regex</var>&gt;
... &lt;/DirectoryMatch&gt;</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
@@ -704,7 +705,7 @@ file-system directories matching a regular expression.</description>
<usage>
<p><directive type="section">DirectoryMatch</directive> and
<code>&lt;/DirectoryMatch&gt;</code> are used to enclose a group
- of directives which will apply only to the named directory,
+ of directives which will apply only to the named directory (and the files within),
the same as <directive module="core" type="section">Directory</directive>.
However, it takes as an argument a
<glossary ref="regex">regular expression</glossary>. For example:</p>
diff --git a/docs/manual/sections.xml b/docs/manual/sections.xml
index bc22aa696d..a28d2c0e89 100644
--- a/docs/manual/sections.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/sections.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ counterparts, apply directives to
parts of the filesystem. Directives enclosed in a <directive
type="section" module="core">Directory</directive> section apply to
the named filesystem directory and all subdirectories of that
-directory. The same effect can be obtained using <a
+directory (as well as the files in those directories).
+The same effect can be obtained using <a
href="howto/htaccess.html">.htaccess files</a>. For example, in the
following configuration, directory indexes will be enabled for the
<code>/var/web/dir1</code> directory and all subdirectories.</p>