[Techtalk] apache2 and directory listings with capitalized names of files

[Terri Oda]

The + and - signs tell apache that your options should be added (or 
subtracted) from the existing list of options:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#options

So if you want to overwrite the current options, you don't use them, but 
if you want to just modify the current options, you do.  And I guess in 
your case, if there *are* no current options, you also don't use it.

Maria McKinley wrote:
> Thanks a bunch, that did the trick. Well, except I had to get rid of the 
> + sign, iow this was the line that worked
> 
> IndexOptions IgnoreCase
> 
> When I used the plus sign initially, it ignored the directive. Does 
> anyone know how to know when you use a +, and when you don't? I'm 
> wondering if this is one of the reasons I had problems getting apache to 
> work the way I wanted it to when I was first setting things up.
> 
> thanks,
> maria
> 
> adric at adric.net wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Checking http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_autoindex.html it looks
>> like:
>>
>> IndexOptions +IgnoreCase
>>
>> might do what you want. Quoting;
>>
>> IgnoreCase:
>> If this option is enabled, names are sorted in a case-insensitive manner.
>> For instance, if the sort order is ascending by name, and IgnoreCase is
>> enabled, file Zeta will be listed after file alfa (Note: file GAMMA will
>> always be listed before file gamma).
>>
>> You'll have to use mod-autoindex module which they say is core, so it's
>> probably included with your apache2 binaries. A quick check shows that
>> this module is installed and enabled on a Debian Squeeze install of
>> apache2.
>>
>> hth,
>> adric
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> So, we still have a couple of web pages around for internal use that are
>>> just directory listings. The files get nice little icons, and you can
>>> arrange them by name or modification date, etc. But when you list the
>>> files by name, it separates the file names where the first letter is
>>> capitalized, and sticks these on the top. Does anyone know if there is
>>> any way to have it so the directory listing ignores capitalization?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> maria
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