Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Name

<Files>

Synopsis

                     <Files>
                     ...
                     </Files>
                  

The <Files> directive is a sectioning directive that identifies the file or files to which contained access-control directives apply. The start tag has this format:

<Files filename>

where filename is the name of any file that should have restrictions placed on it. Note that filename may include wildcard characters (such as * and ?) to designate a set of files. In addition, you may place it inside a <Directory> directive to further restrict which files are affected. You can also specify regular expressions by preceding them with a tilde (~).