| Syntax: | directio size | off |
| Default: | off |
| Context: | http server location |
| Appeared in: | 0.7.7 |
| Reference: | directio |
The directive enables use of flags O_DIRECT (FreeBSD, Linux), F_NOCACHE (Mac OS X) or directio() function (Solaris) for reading files with size greater than specified. This directive disables use of sendfile for this request. This directive may be useful for big files:
directio 4m;