[techtalk] Minor ln -s question

[Nils Philippsen]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Kath wrote:

> I have the directory /var/www/shag/
>
> I want to link /var/www/kathweb/shag/ to it, so when someone goes to
> www.kathweb.net/shag/, the directory of shag/ is displayed.
>
> How do I do this?

Instead of symlinking, you can just use the Alias directive inside your
virtual host definition in httpd.conf:

<VirtualHost ...>
[...]
Alias /var/www/shag/ /shag/
[...]
</VirtualHost>

Nils
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