Server

Some other common files on the server side include:

  • robots.txt

    • A robots.txt file tells search engine crawlers which pages or files the crawler can or can't request from your site. This is used mainly to avoid overloading your site with requests; it is not a mechanism for keeping a web page out of Google. To keep a web page out of Google, you should use noindex directives, or password-protect your page.

  • .htaccess

    • The .htaccess is a distributed configuration file, and is how Apache handles configuration changes on a per-directory basis.

  • .DS_Store

    • In the Apple macOS operating system, .DS_Store is a file that stores custom attributes of its containing folder, such as the position of icons or the choice of a background image. The name is an abbreviation of Desktop Services Store, reflecting its purpose.

  • readme.md

    • A README file contains information about other files in a directory or archive of computer software. A form of documentation.

  • Compressed backup files

    • These might be the names of the website source code backup:

      • <domain_name>.zip

      • <domain_name>.rar

      • <domain_name>.tar.gz

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