Hi, As part of the mod_perl developer's cookbook, we'd like to propose a module - Apache::WinBitHack - for possible inclusion in CPAN. This module enables Win32 mod_perl users to emulate Apache's XBitHack using file attributes. Usage is described below in the readme. You can get the sources from
http://www.modperlcookbook.org/download/Apache-WinBitHack-0.01.tar.gz and an ActivePerl ppm package is available via (on one line) ppm install http://www.modperlcookbook.org/download/Apache-WinBitHack.ppd You may need to upgrade mod_perl itself to use this, either from the ppm package at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/ or, if you compile it yourself, from the cvs sources. best regards, randy kobes **************************************************************** NAME Apache::WinBitHack - An Apache module to emulate XBitHack on Win32 SYNOPSIS In Apache's httpd.conf: PerlModule Apache::WinBitHack <Directory "/Apache/htdocs/some_dir"> SetHandler perl-script PerlFixupHandler Apache::WinBitHack XBitHack Full Options MultiViews Indexes Includes </Directory> DESCRIPTION Apache contains a very useful directive 'XBitHack', whereby a file that has the user-execute bit set will be treated as a server-parsed html document. As well, the group-execute bit can be used to set the Last-modified time of the returned file to be the last modified time of the file, which is useful in determining if a document is to be cached or not. On Win32 the directive works in principle, but in an inconvenient fashion - the execute bit is set on Win32 by the file extension, which means that documents that are to take advantage of 'XBitHack' must have an extension like 'exe' or 'bat'. This module emulates 'XBitHack' on Win32 by, rather than using the user and group execute bits, using instead the attributes of the file to determine if the file is to be server-parsed by mod_include. Attributes of a file on Win32, which you can see by running C:\> attrib file_name include 'archive', 'hidden', 'read-only', and 'system'. Normal user files have just the 'archive' attribute set, which some back-up programs use to determine if the file should be included in the next incremental backup (most backup programs now instead use the last-modified-time of the file for this purpose). By setting certain attributes of the file and specifying directives as in the SYNOPSIS, particularly the 'Includes' option, 'XBitHack' can be emulated in the following ways. XBitHack Off With this directive, no server-side parsing of the file will be performed. XBitHack On This directive emulates setting the user-execute bit. With this directive, a file will parsed by mod_include if the 'archive' attribute is unset, which you can do by C:\> attrib -a file_name Note that when a user's file is first created or when it is edited the 'archive' attribute will normally be set (and all others unset), so you must intentionally unset the 'archive' attribute to enable server-parsing of the file. XBitHack Full This directive emulates the action of also setting the group-execute bit. With this directive, as with 'XBitHack On', a file will be parsed by mod_include if the 'archive' attribute is unset. As well, a Last-modified header will be sent, equal to the last-modified time of the file, *unless* the 'read-only' attribute of the file is set, which you can do by C:\> attrib +r file_name SEE ALSO the mod_perl manpage The description of the 'XBitHack' directive in the Apache manual (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html). AUTHORS Randy Kobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Geoffrey Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2001, Geoffrey Young, Paul Lindner, Randy Kobes. All rights reserved. This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself. HISTORY This code is derived from the *Cookbook::WinBitHack* module, available as part of "The mod_perl Developer's Cookbook". For more information, visit http://www.modperlcookbook.org/ ********************************************************************
