CERN Metafiles (Apache: The Definitive Guide)

3.14. CERN Metafiles

A metafile is a file with extra header data to go with the file served -- for example, you could add a Refresh header. There seems no obvious place for this material, so we will put it here, with apologies to those readers who find it rather odd.

3.14.1. MetaFiles

MetaFiles [on|off]
Default: off
Directory

Turns metafile processing on or off on a directory basis.

3.14.2. MetaDir

MetaDir directory_name
Default directory_name: .web
Directory

Names the directory in which Apache is to look for metafiles. This is usually a "hidden" subdirectory of the directory where the file is held. Set to the value "." to look in the same directory.

3.14.3. MetaSuffix

MetaSuffix file_suffix
Default file_suffix: .meta
Directory

Names the suffix of the file containing metainformation.

The default values for these directives will cause a request for DOCUMENT_ROOT/mydir/fred.html to look for metainformation (supplementing the MIME header) in DOCUMENT_ROOT/mydir/fred.html.meta.