Add the following to the .htaccess file:
DirectoryIndex filename.html
After you make the above modification, a request for [forexample-domain.net...] would return [forexample-domain.net...] if it exists, or would list the directory if it did not exist.
To automatically run a cgi script, add the following to the .htaccess file:
DirectoryIndex /cgi-local/index.pl
This would cause the CGI script /cgi-local/index.pl to be executed.
If you place your .htaccess file containing the DirectoryIndex specification in the root directory of your site, it will apply for all sub-directories.
i need to know how to do exactly this except to me this looks like french please help
All you do is open your favorite text editor, key in the directive(s) and save the file with the name
.htaccessand FTP/move it into your root directory of your public web site pages.
