if ,-f and variables

[Sean Allen]

>>
>
> The "root" directive may be set in eny place of http, server, or  
> locacation:
> it will be properly set or inherited:
>
> http {
>
>    server {
>       location / {
>           # here root is /path
>       }
>   }
>
>   root  /path;
> }
>
> But this is not true for "set" directives: they are executed in order
> of thier apperance.
>
> include /ah/sites/colon365.co.uk/conf/nginx/base;
>     set $base /ah/sites/colon365.co.uk;
>
> include /ah/sites/colon365.co.uk/conf/nginx/maintenance;
>
>     using $document_root, here it is "root ''",
>     because $root is still undefined
>
> include /ah/conf/nginx/www-shared;
>   include /ah/conf/nginx/root;
>     set $root $base/public;
>     root $root;
>
> You should to set "set $root $base/public;" early.
>
>

can you use variables in access_log setup, ie path to file?

access_log $some_thing/access.log combined;


i had a problem with that before but it was probably this exact issue.