"Index of" on Apache.

[j4mes]

Hi,

Is it possible to view the "Index of /whatever/something" Apache page when the directory has an index.htm/html file? I seem to remember konqueror having a "use index" feature, but I'm not sure.

Thanks.

[gergoe]

No, you can't alter the way how it is done on the client-side, since this is all handled on server-side without any possibility to change the behavior of it.
i.e. if you send a request for a directory (/test for example) then the apache first checks that it is a regular file or not, if not then it adds the / at the end so it will become /test/. Now it check that is there any file in that directory matching one of the filenames specified with the DirectoryIndex directive in the Apache config, if there's a match then that page will be displayed, otherwise the request is passed through mod_autoindex and the directory listing is displayed.

This behavior can be changed in the Apache config completely, but there's no way to change it from a browser without altering the configuration of the Apache.

[j4mes]

Wow, thanks gergoe, I never realised it was so complicated!

-- James.