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Apache Module mod_cern_meta

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Description:CERN httpd metafile semantics
Status:Extension
Module Identifier:cern_meta_module
Source File:mod_cern_meta.c
Summary

    Emulate the CERN HTTPD Meta file semantics. Meta files are HTTP
    headers that can be output in addition to the normal range of
    headers for each file accessed. They appear rather like the
    Apache .asis files, and are able to provide a crude way of
    influencing the Expires: header, as well as providing other
    curiosities. There are many ways to manage meta information,
    this one was chosen because there is already a large number of
    CERN users who can exploit this module.

    More information on the CERN metafile semantics is available.

Directives

 MetaDir
 MetaFiles
 MetaSuffix

Bugfix checklisthttpd changelogKnown issuesReport a bugSee also

mod_headers
mod_asis
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MetaDir Directive

Description:Name of the directory to find CERN-style meta information
files
Syntax:MetaDir directory
Default:MetaDir .web
Context:server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:Indexes
Status:Extension
Module:mod_cern_meta

    Specifies the name of the directory in which Apache can find
    meta information files. The directory is usually a 'hidden'
    subdirectory of the directory that contains the file being
    accessed. Set to "." to look in the same directory
    as the file:

    MetaDir .


    Or, to set it to a subdirectory of the directory containing the
    files:

    MetaDir .meta




MetaFiles Directive

Description:Activates CERN meta-file processing
Syntax:MetaFiles on|off
Default:MetaFiles off
Context:server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:Indexes
Status:Extension
Module:mod_cern_meta

    Turns on/off Meta file processing on a per-directory basis.



MetaSuffix Directive

Description:File name suffix for the file containing CERN-style
meta information
Syntax:MetaSuffix suffix
Default:MetaSuffix .meta
Context:server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override:Indexes
Status:Extension
Module:mod_cern_meta

    Specifies the file name suffix for the file containing the
    meta information. For example, the default values for the two
    directives will cause a request to
    DOCUMENT_ROOT/somedir/index.html to look in
    DOCUMENT_ROOT/somedir/.web/index.html.meta and
    will use its contents to generate additional MIME header
    information.

    Example:MetaSuffix .meta





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