added docs for mod_expire

git-svn-id: svn://svn.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/branches/lighttpd-merge-1.4.x@807 152afb58-edef-0310-8abb-c4023f1b3aa9

doc/Makefile.am

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ status.txt \
 scgi.txt \
 cml.txt \
 trigger_b4_dl.txt \
-webdav.txt
+webdav.txt \
+expire.txt
 
 HTMLDOCS=accesslog.html \
 	 authentication.html \
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ HTMLDOCS=accesslog.html \
 	 scgi.html \
 	 cml.html \
 	 trigger_b4_dl.html \
-	 webdav.html
+	 webdav.html \
+	 expire.html
 
 EXTRA_DIST=lighttpd.conf lighttpd.user \
 	rc.lighttpd rc.lighttpd.redhat sysconfig.lighttpd \

doc/expire.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+===============================================
+Controlling the Expiration of Content in Caches
+===============================================
+
+------------------
+Module: mod_expire
+------------------
+
+:Author: Jan Kneschke
+:Date: $Date: 2004/11/03 22:26:05 $
+:Revision: $Revision: 1.2 $
+
+:abstract:
+  mod_expire controls the setting of the the Expire Response header
+  
+.. meta::
+  :keywords: lighttpd, expire
+  
+.. contents:: Table of Contents
+
+Description
+===========
+
+mod_expire controls the Expire header in the Response Header of HTTP/1.0
+messages. It is usefull to set it for static files which should be cached 
+aggressivly like images, stylesheets or similar.
+
+Options
+=======
+
+expire.url
+  assignes a expiration to all files below the specified path. The
+  specification of the time is made up of: ::
+
+    <access|modification> <number> <years|months|days|hours|minutes|seconds>
+
+  following the syntax used by mod_expire in Apache 1.3.x and later.
+    
+  Example: ::
+    
+    expire.url = ( "/images/" => "access 1 hour" )
+