Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact apache-docs-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list apache-docs@apache.org Received: (qmail 86662 invoked by uid 500); 4 Nov 2000 04:07:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-docs-1.3-cvs@apache.org Received: (qmail 86658 invoked by uid 1134); 4 Nov 2000 04:07:52 -0000 Date: 4 Nov 2000 04:07:52 -0000 Message-ID: <20001104040752.86657.qmail@locus.apache.org> From: wrowe@locus.apache.org To: httpd-docs-1.3-cvs@apache.org Subject: cvs commit: httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod mod_autoindex.html wrowe 00/11/03 20:07:52 Modified: htdocs/manual/mod mod_autoindex.html Log: Document the IndexOptions TrackModified directive option. Revision Changes Path 1.37 +14 -1 httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex.html Index: mod_autoindex.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex.html,v retrieving revision 1.36 retrieving revision 1.37 diff -u -r1.36 -r1.37 --- mod_autoindex.html 2000/09/30 21:10:36 1.36 +++ mod_autoindex.html 2000/11/04 04:07:52 1.37 @@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ IndexOptions directives is only available with Apache 1.3.3 and later; the FoldersFirst and DescriptionWidth options are only - available with Apache 1.3.10 and later + available with Apache 1.3.10 and later; the TrackModified +option is only available with Apache 1.3.15 and later

The IndexOptions directive specifies the behavior of the directory indexing. @@ -700,6 +701,18 @@

This will suppress the file size in fancy indexing listings. +
TrackModified +(Apache 1.3.15 and later) +
+ +This returns the Last-Modified and ETag values for the listed directory +in the HTTP header. It is only valid if the operating system and file +system return legitimate stat() results. Most Unix systems do so, as +do OS2's JFS and Win32's NTFS volumes. OS2 and Win32 FAT volumes, +for example, do not. Once this feature is enabled, the client or proxy +can track changes to the list of files when they perform a HEAD request. +Note some operating systems correctly track new and removed files, but +do not track changes for sizes or dates of the files within the directory.

There are some noticeable differences in the behaviour of this