Recipe 22.18. Making Full-Length Directory Indexes
22.18.1 Problem
You have some
pages that contain indexes of downloadable files. Apache displays
your directories like this, chopping off the filenames:
Parent Directory 27-Jul-2004 09:39 -
libpam-smbpass_3.0.5..> 27-Jul-2004 09:17 298k
libsmbclient-dev_3.0..> 27-Jul-2004 09:17 581k
libsmbclient_3.0.5-1..> 27-Jul-2004 09:17 467k
How can you make it show the entire filename?
22.18.2 Solution
In httpd.conf, find:
# IndexOptions: Controls the appearance of server-generated directory
# listings.
IndexOptions FancyIndexing VersionSort
and add the NameWidth directive:
IndexOptions FancyIndexing VersionSort NameWidth=*
Using the asterisk tells it to expand to the width of the longest
filename. You might want to set a limit of something like 40
characters, to keep it readable in case a very long filename slips
in:
IndexOptions FancyIndexing VersionSort NameWidth=40
22.18.3 Discussion
You can also configure this for individual virtual hosts;
VirtualHost directives override the global
directives.
22.18.4 See Also
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