Directory Handler

Supported MIME Types:

• application/x-vnd.Be-directory
• application/x-vnd.Be-query
• image/VBeIcon

Priority: 10

Suggested Virtual Resources:

• VRes: pattern="*index.html" pattern="index" type="application/x-vnd.Be-directory" real=false;
  This tells the directory handler to display the contents of the directory when there is no "index.html" document in the directory. The second pattern, "index", allows the contents of the virtual root directory to be displayed when an index.html document is present.
• VRes: pattern="VBeIcons/*" type="image/VBeIcon" real=false;
  This virtual resource is required for creating the Tracker icons displayed in directory listings.

The Directory Handler displays the contents of the directory specified in the URL. Each item is displayed with its Tracker icon, size, and type. With the above virtual resources specified in the Virtual Hosts file, it will also substitute a directory listing when the "index.html" file is missing. The icons displayed are created on the fly based on the MIME type of the item. They are in PNG format and may not be supported by some browsers.

If you wish to prevent the Directory Handler from displaying the contents of a certain directory without first providing the password, do a "chmod o-r dir" (where "dir" is the name of the directory) on the directory from the Terminal. "chmod o+r dir" will enable public access to the directory listing. If you do not want anyone to ever be able to get the contents of a directory, remove the Directory Handler module.

The Directory Handler has preliminary support for displaying the contents of Tracker query files as directories. At this time, clicking on the links in such as listing does not work. A future version of the directory handler may be able to provide the required path translation for such links.

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