nginx and rails configuration question

[Cathal]

Hi,

I'm trying to configure nginx to serve multiple rails applications, each from
its own path. app1 is accessible from '/' and app2 is accessible from '/app2'.

In my configuration I've defined two location's as follows:

-- begin snip! --

# app1
location / {

	root /u/apps/app1/current/public;
	
	proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;

	# needed for HTTPS
    proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect false;
    proxy_max_temp_file_size 0;
	
	if (-f $request_filename) { 
        break; 
      }

      if (-f $request_filename/index.html) {
        rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break;
      }

      if (-f $request_filename.html) {
        rewrite (.*) $1.html break;
      }

      if (!-f $request_filename) {
        proxy_pass http://mongrel_app1;
        break;
      }  
}

#app2
location /app2 {
  
	root /u/apps/app2/current/public;
	proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;

  	# needed for HTTPS
  	proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
  	proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
  	proxy_redirect false;
  	proxy_max_temp_file_size 0;
  
  
 	if (-f $request_filename) { 
    	  break; 
  	}

  	if (-f $request_filename/index.html) {
    	  rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break;
  	}

  	if (-f $request_filename.html) {
    	  rewrite (.*) $1.html break;
  	}

  	if (!-f $request_filename) {
          proxy_pass http://mongrel_app2;
    	  break;
  	}
}

-- end snip! --

The problem is that nginx is trying to resolve static files for /app2 along the
/app2 path inside my rails application's public directory, which doesn't exist.
 
The only way I've been able to make the above configuration work is to create a
symbolic from 'app2' to 'public'. Is there some way to tell nginx to ignore the
location part it has already matched when dealing with a request?

regards,
C.