Re: Help understanding this apache2 directive from apache2.conf
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 07:35:40PM +0200, Maxim Vexler wrote:
> In [/etc/apache2/apache2.conf] file there's this line :
> <<<
> # Include generic snippets of statements
> Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/[^.#]*
> >>>
>
> What does the [^.#]* say ?
> I know that it's regular expression but I've yet to see this regex syntax...
>
> Is it: "Match any file Not beginning with any char followed by #" 0 or
> more times ?
According to http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#include
it's a shell wildcard, not a regex in the strict sense of the meaning.
In particular, this makes a difference as to how the * is interpreted.
The pair of brackets specifies a character class, and the ^ is negating
it. And the * simply denotes "anything", as usual. So, it means
"any file in /etc/apache2/conf.d/ not beginning with . or #".
Cheers,
Almut
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