[CONTRIB][PATCH] Re: hacked mod_dir.c (fwd)

[Rob Hartill <ro...@imdb.com>]

This doesn't interest me in the slightest. Sounds like something for the
contrib dir or patches dir once 1.2 is final.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 14:29 EET
From: Kai Risku <kr...@tf.hut.fi>
To: Rob Hartill <ro...@imdb.com>
Subject: Re: hacked mod_dir.c

> > I have hacked the dir_module from the the standard distribution of
> > Apache 1.1.1 (plus the lates patches) as follows:
> > - added a file owner field (can be suppressed)
> > - added a directive to name a file containing file descriptions
> > - the column headers can be clicked to sort the directory index
> >   differently (by time, size, description, etc.)
> > 
> > Would you consider placing this slightly enhanced module in your core
> > distribution, or should I release it as a contributed module?
> > 
> > I have also made a handy cgi-bin script that allows you to edit
> > the file descriptions. You can have that too if you want..
> > 
> > Interested?
> 
> Not for 1.1 but if you want to prpepare a patch for 1.2 or offer
> it as a separate module then we can take a look.

I prepared a patch against version 1.2b4. The patch, together with the
fully patched mod_dir.c, the promised cgi-bin script, some rudimentary
documentation, and a live working example (with apache-1.1.1) can be
found as

	http://mordor.cs.hut.fi/~krisku/apache/

Let me know what you think!

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