Alias which works like in other web servers

[marc at corky.net]

Hi,

A single alias definition in apache/lighttpd applies to all requests 
including static files, php, cgi, etc.

Marc


Igor Sysoev wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 11:11:57AM +0100, marc at corky.net wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Apache:  Alias /blog "/var/www/wordpress"
>>
>> lighttpd: alias.url = ( "/blog" => "/var/www/wordpress" )
>>
>> Both work pretty much the same way, no special handling of fastcgi or 
>> other rules are needed.
>>
>> The "document root" effectively becomes that of the alias destination 
>> directory on such requests.
>>     
>
> nginx does the same for static requests:
>
>    location /blog  {
>        alias   /var/www/wordpress;
>    }
>
> What fastcgi configuration will be in Apache and lighty ?
>
>   
>> Igor Sysoev wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 10:41:50AM +0100, marc at corky.net wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Would it not be wise to create a type of alias that most people are 
>>>> comfortable with (and think is logical, due to their previous experience 
>>>> with other web servers) ?
>>>>
>>>> It seems that such an alias would simplify configurations of this type, 
>>>> which to me look pretty common and useful.
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>> Well, how you will configure this in Apache or lighty ?
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>     
>
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