Apache Cookbook, 2nd Edition

12.12. Ordering by Version Number

Problem

You want to have files ordered by version number so that 1.10 comes after 1.9 rather than before 1.2.

Solution

To have files sorted in version number order, add the following to your configuration file:

IndexOptions VersionSort

Discussion

Sites that distribute software will often have multiple versions of the software in the directory, and it is useful to have them ordered by version number rather than alphabetically. In this way, httpd-1.10.tar.gz will be listed after httpd-1.9.tar.gz, rather than between httpd-1.1.tar.gz and httpd-1.2.tar.gz, as it would be in alphabetical order.

See Also

• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html#addicon