## AddDescription

Syntax: AddDescription string file file...
Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override: Indexes
Status: Base
Module: mod_autoindex

This sets the description to display for a file, for FancyIndexing. File is a file extension, partial filename, wild-card expression or full filename for files to describe. String is enclosed in double quotes (`"`). Example:

> `AddDescription "The planet Mars" /web/pics/mars.gif`

The description field is 23 bytes wide. 7 more bytes may be added if the directory is covered by an `IndexOptions&nbsp;SuppressSize`, and 19 bytes may be added if `IndexOptions&nbsp;SuppressLastModified` is in effect. The widest this column can be is therefore 49 bytes.