Looking for htaccess file

[JamieCoy]

Using Mac OS Sierra, I am running Apache to serve up documents from ~/Library/Sites.

I have used an app called Invisibility Toggler to show invisible files. Nowhere can I find the htaccess file. It is not at the root of the documents in Sites, nor can I find it in /var or /etc or /private or anywhere else. The site is up and running though. Is it conceivable that I’m running my server without this file? I want to block an Asian webcrawler, baiduspider.

Thanks for any help.

[Jerry Stuckle]

Post by JamieCoy
Using Mac OS Sierra, I am running Apache to serve up documents from ~/Library/Sites.
I have used an app called Invisibility Toggler to show invisible files. Nowhere can I find the htaccess file. It is not at the root of the documents in Sites, nor can I find it in /var or /etc or /private or anywhere else. The site is up and running though. Is it conceivable that I’m running my server without this file? I want to block an Asian webcrawler, baiduspider.
Thanks for any help.

You may not have a .htaccess file (note the "." at the beginning). It
is an optional file for Apache. There is no problem if it is not
present (in fact, there is a performance hit if it IS present).

And remember - you can have multiple .htaccess files. If present, the
file applies to that directory and all directories under it (unless
overridden by another .htaccess file).

[JamieCoy]

Post by Jerry Stuckle

Post by JamieCoy
Using Mac OS Sierra, I am running Apache to serve up documents from ~/Library/Sites.
I have used an app called Invisibility Toggler to show invisible files. Nowhere can I find the htaccess file. It is not at the root of the documents in Sites, nor can I find it in /var or /etc or /private or anywhere else. The site is up and running though. Is it conceivable that I’m running my server without this file? I want to block an Asian webcrawler, baiduspider.
Thanks for any help.

You may not have a .htaccess file (note the "." at the beginning). It
is an optional file for Apache. There is no problem if it is not
present (in fact, there is a performance hit if it IS present).
And remember - you can have multiple .htaccess files. If present, the
file applies to that directory and all directories under it (unless
overridden by another .htaccess file).
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Thanks Jerry. Perhaps I'm better off without it.