2.3.18 AddDescription

Description

AddDescription displays a descriptive character string for one of the following items specified by the file name when the directory index is displayed and formatted: a file extension, a file name using wildcards, or a full file name without path information. If the specified file name is a character string ending with a slash, an asterisk (*) is appended and the use of a wildcard is assumed.

You can specify one of the following in the file name:

• File extension

• File name using wildcards

• File name

If you specify this directive more than once, you cannot specify different character strings for the same file name.

Syntax

AddDescription "character_string" file_name [file_name ...]

Locations where it can be written

httpsd.conf, <VirtualHost>, <Directory>, and .htaccess

Overwrite permission

Indexes level

AddDescription "The planet Mars" /web/pics/mars.gif