Directory Aliasing |
Aliasing Overview
Directory aliases can be useful in several situations. They can provide access to documents that are not under the virutal root directory of the server. It also provides a way to change the physical name or location of a directory, without having to change your html files to reflect the new location.
If BRS WebWeaver were installed in C:\WebWeaver and had the virtual root set to C:\WebWeaver\Docs, the a request for http://<your machine>/images/back1.jpg, would by default server the back1.jpg image from C:\WebWeaver\Docs\images\. If your were to setup an alias as:
[Alias]
[Directory]
/images/
D:\MyImages\
Now when the identical
request of http://<your machine>/images/back1.jpg is served,
it would server back1.jpg from D:\MyImages\ rather than C:\WebWeaver\Docs\images\.
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