Question

How do I match part of a filename using the FilesMatch directive? For example, if I want to match “utilitiesForCurrentPage.js” or customWithOtherCharacters.css, how would I accomplish this? I am currently using the directive(s) below. Assume “utilitiesForCurrentPage.js” is contained in the files folder.

<Directory "/share/apache/files">
   ...
   ...
   <FilesMatch "^(custom*|utilities*)\.(css|gif|jpg|jpeg|js)$">
     Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=1440, must-revalidate"
   </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

Answer 1

You’re missing the . in your expression (. = match anything except newline):

# need dot here -----v   and ----v
<FilesMatch "^(custom.*|utilities.*)\.(css|gif|jpg|jpeg|js)$">