Can the new HTML5 manifest.cache file contain paths to directories?
When utilizing the HTML5 ability to specify if/how files are cached (in the manifest.cache file), are specifying entire directories possible? Can I place a path to my images directory under the CACHE: section and have it apply to all files in that directory, or do I need to explicitly specify the image files to be cached?
In other words, is this possible?
CACHE MANIFEST
...
CACHE:
images/
... or maybe this?
CACHE MANIFEST
...
CACHE:
images/*
... or do I have to do this:
CACHE MANIFEST
...
CACHE:
images/logo.png
images/image01.jpg
images/image02.jpg
images/image03.jpg
... (etc)
Answer
Unfortunately, the third example is the correct one - list every file individually. The html5 doctor article was incorrect at the time the question was posted and has since been amended.
A wildcard * is allowed only in the "online white list" section:
NETWORK:
*
which allows any required files to be downloaded while you are browsing online if not already downloaded (as per normal).
There is also the Fallback section's "page path pattern":
FALLBACK:
/ /offline.html
that kinda works like a wildcard. The initial / will match the path to every page on your site, so any page that is not found in the cache will then use the /offline.html as the replacement fallback. (Note the space between the two slashes.)