Ignore files¶

SWS provides some options to ignore files or directories from being served and displayed if the directory listing is enabled.

Ignore hidden files (dotfiles)¶

SWS does ignore dotfiles (hidden files) by default for security reasons.

As a result, SWS will respond with a 404 Not Found status as well as hidden files won't be shown in the directory listing if enabled.

This feature is enabled by default and can be controlled by the boolean --ignore-hidden-files option or the equivalent SERVER_IGNORE_HIDDEN_FILES env.

Here is an example of how to disable hidden files ignoring if wanted:

static-web-server \
    -p=8787 -d=./public -g=trace \
    --directory-listing \
    --ignore-hidden-files=false