# WASD Web Environment

For version 12.4 release of WASD VMS Web Services.

Published January 2026

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##### Abstract

This document is a guide to supporting Web documents within the WASD Web Services environment. It is not a tutorial on writing HTML documents.

For installation and update details see WASD Web Services - Installation

For detailed configuration information see WASD Web Services - Configuration

For the more significant features and facilities available see WASD Web Services - Features

For information on CGI, CGIplus, ISAPI, OSU, etc., scripting, see WASD Web Services - Scripting

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WASD VMS Web Services – Copyright © 1996-2026 Mark G. Daniel

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# Table of Content

1.………………… | Introduction
2.………………… | Document Access and Specification
2.1………………… | Document Content Type
2.2………………… | Explicitly Specifying Content-Type
2.3………………… | Document Specification
2.3.1………………… | Absolute File Path
2.3.2………………… | Partial (or Relative) File Path
2.4………………… | Extended File Specifications (ODS-5)
2.4.1………………… | Characters In Request Paths
2.4.2………………… | Characters In Server-Generated Paths
2.4.3………………… | Document Cache
3.………………… | Directory Listing
3.1………………… | Controlling Access To A Directory
3.2………………… | "Hidden" Files
3.3………………… | Server Directives
3.3.1………………… | .WWW_WASD
3.3.2………………… | Layout
3.3.3………………… | Directory Style
3.3.4………………… | Selective Listing
3.3.5………………… | Listing Title
3.3.6………………… | Listing Font
3.3.7………………… | File Versions
3.3.8………………… | Readme Files
3.3.9………………… | Listing Delimiters
3.3.10………………… | Suppressing Directories
3.3.11………………… | Listing Refresh and Expiry
3.3.12………………… | Scripting From Directory Listings
3.3.13………………… | Auto-Scripting
3.3.14………………… | Target Window
3.3.15………………… | Specifying Content-Type
3.3.16………………… | Icon Plain Text Link
3.3.17………………… | Query String
3.3.18………………… | Allowing Override
3.4………………… | Directory Tree
4.………………… | Server Side Includes (SSI)
4.1………………… | Virtual Documents
4.2………………… | Last-Modified Information
4.3………………… | Pre-Expiring Documents
4.4………………… | Directive Syntax
4.5………………… | Directives
4.5.1………………… | #ACCESSES
4.5.2………………… | #CONFIG
4.5.3………………… | #DIR
4.5.4………………… | #DCL
4.5.5………………… | #ECHO
4.5.6………………… | #ELIF
4.5.7………………… | #ELSE
4.5.8………………… | #ENDIF
4.5.9………………… | #EXEC
4.5.10………………… | #EXIT
4.5.11………………… | #FCREATED
4.5.12………………… | #FLASTMOD
4.5.13………………… | #FSIZE
4.5.14………………… | #IF
4.5.15………………… | #INCLUDE
4.5.16………………… | #MODIFIED
4.5.17………………… | #ORIF
4.5.18………………… | #PRINTENV
4.5.19………………… | #SET
4.5.20………………… | #SSI
4.5.21………………… | #STOP
4.6………………… | Variables
4.7………………… | Flow Control
4.8………………… | Query Strings
4.9………………… | File and Virtual Specifications
4.9.1………………… | THE_FILE_NAME
4.10………………… | Time Format
4.11………………… | OSU Compatibility
4.12………………… | Script-Generated SSI Documents
5.………………… | Document Searching
5.1………………… | Plain-Text Search
5.2………………… | HTML Search
5.3………………… | Search Syntax
5.3.1………………… | Standard Search Form
5.3.2………………… | Forms-Based Search
5.3.3………………… | Search Options
5.3.4………………… | Example Search Form
6.………………… | VMS Help and Text Libraries
7.………………… | Bookreader Books and Libraries
8.………………… | Web Document Update
9.………………… | Index
10.………………… | Attribution and Acknowledgement

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