From ff308a1ede9e550557a2166ecb5db5403107030f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Coar
+ The FileETag directive configures the file attributes that are + used to create the ETag (entity tag) response header field + when the document is based on a file. + (The ETag value is used in cache management to save network + bandwidth.) In Apache 1.3.22 and earlier, the ETag value was + always formed from the file's inode, size, and last-modified + time (mtime). The FileETag directive allows you to choose + which of these -- if any -- should be used. The recognised + keywords are: +
+FileETag INode MTime Size')+ The INode, MTime, and Size keywords may be prefixed with either '+' + or '-', which allow changes to be made to the default setting + inherited from a broader scope. Any keyword appearing without + such a prefix immediately and completely cancels the inherited + setting. +
+
+ If a directory's configuration includes
+ 'FileETag INode MTime Size', and a
+ subdirectory's includes 'FileETag -INode',
+ the setting for that subdirectory (which will be inherited by
+ any sub-subdirectories that don't override it) will be equivalent to
+ 'FileETag MTime Size'.
+