Administration Tool: File Aliases

Panel Description

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Purpose

The File Alias page enables you to define pointers from requested file names to file names on your machine. For example, suppose you are developing a set of web pages, and you want a quick way to access them without having to type long URLs.

The real path might be:

     doc_root/galileo/march97/planets/visible/moon.html

accessed as

    http://server_name:port/galileo/march97/planets/visible/moon.html

To shorten it, you could use the following alias settings:
Alias Pathname:/shortcut
Full Pathname: /~galileo/march97/planets/visible
To connect to the file moon.html using the alias, you would type the following URL:
```
     http://server_name:port/shortcut/moon.html
   
```

Location of panel in Administration Tool:

Log In	-->		Service name	-->	Manage	-->	Setup
							\|_ File Aliases

Fields

Alias Pathname

The path name of the requested file or directory.

Full Pathname
The actual path name for the files you are using. Note that the files are relative to the document root (which is specified in the site setup screen) unless they are specified as absolute paths. For example, tmp would refer to doc_root/tmp, while /tmp would refer to /tmp.

Buttons

Add
Adds a new alias path name to your alias list .

Modify
Selects a field and allows you to modify the selected alias path name.

Remove
Removes the selected alias from the alias list.

Save
Writes your changes to the Java Web Server^(TM) and changes the settings.

Revert
Takes you back to the previously saved settings for all fields in the screen. Use this button to undo changes you have not yet saved.

Note: If you Add, Modify, or Remove an alias path name, you must Save before the changes take affect.

Procedures

To Add a File Alias

To Delete a File Alias

To Modify a File Alias

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