[Bug 65055] New: tiny ambiguity of 's/'s documentation

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https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65055

            Bug ID: 65055
           Summary: tiny ambiguity of <Directory>'s/<Location>'s
                    documentation
           Product: Apache httpd-2
           Version: 2.5-HEAD
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: docs@httpd.apache.org
          Reporter: calestyo@scientia.net
  Target Milestone: ---

Hey.

mod/core.html says for <Directory>:
"or a wild-card string using Unix shell-style matching. In a wild-card string,
? matches any single character, and * matches any sequences of characters."

In Unix shell-style matching "*" is actually any character sequence (i.e. also
no characters at all).

In Apache e.g. the following directive:
  <Directory /var/www/*/foo>
would match:
 /var/www/bar/foo
 /var/www/baz/foo
but not
 /var/www//foo
 /var/www/foo

While this is consistent with the Unix shell style matching, the text alone
could still be confusing to readers, so perhaps it makes sense to either remark
that "/*/" still requires at least one character (not being . or ..) or just
illustrate it with an example.

The same is the case for <Location>. 


But I guess it's *not* for the regexp versions, or is it?


Cheers,
Chris.

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