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jldugger
Asked: 2013-11-28 09:30:19 +0800 CST

What would cause Apache to display a bomb icon for a specific directory?

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A user of mine came to me with a question today that has me stumped: Why do .musecore files on our web server show a bomb icon (Apache Bomb Icon) instead of a folder icon?

More generally, how does Apache decide what icon to display, and where can I inspect and/or change that configuration?

apache-2.2

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    By default, the bomb icon is displayed for core dumps, and the default configuration assumes that any filename or directory name matching a regex like ^*core$ must be a core dump.

    This option is controlled by the AddIcon directive of mod_autoindex which is also visible in the default extra/httpd-autoindex.conf file:

    AddIcon /icons/bomb.gif core
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  2. If for some reason you have named your directory 'core' the bomb image will be displayed. If it not a core dump, simply change the directory name to something else and the bomb image will be replaced with the usual folder image.

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