Oracle B12255-01 Manuale Utente

Scope of Directives

Oracle HTTP Server Administrator’s Guide

Directives placed in the main configuration files apply to the entire server. If you
wish to change the configuration for only a part of the server, you can scope your
directives by placing them in specific sections.

The following section discusses the following types of directives:

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Container directives specify the scope within which directives take effect. The
following container directives are discussed in detail in subsequent sections:

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It is used to enclose a group of directives that apply only to the named directory
and subdirectories of that directory. Any directory that is allowed in a directory
context may be used. The directory is either the full path to a directory, or a
wildcard string. In a wildcard string, ? matches any single character and * matches
any sequences of characters. It is important to note that <Directory /> operated
on the whole file system, where as <Directory dir> refers to absolute
directories. <Directory> containers cannot be nested inside each other, but can
refer to directories in the document root that are nested.