Re: soft link under docroot directory not working

Newbie190,

Take a look at the "How to" on aliased files: 
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/How+to+enable+serving+aliased+files

cheers
Jan

newbie190 wrote:
> I am trying to use a softlink on linux to access images stored out of docroot
> on same server. It's not working. I see following message in server log
> during access.
> org.mortbay.http.ResourceCache.getResource(ResourceCache.java:252) >13>
> Alias request of 'file:/<actual path and filename>' for 'file:/<soft link
> path and filename>' 
> 
> I have replaced the directory and filenames in above message with <>.
> 
> The docroot folder is setup as /docroot/static under jetty home using
> following configuration
> 
>    <Call name="addContext">
>     <Arg>
>      <New class="org.mortbay.http.HttpContext">
>       <Set name="ContextPath">/static/*</Set>
>       <Set name="ResourceBase"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home"
> default="."/>/docroot/static</Set>
>       <Call name="addHandler">
>         <Arg><New class="org.mortbay.http.handler.ResourceHandler"/></Arg>
>       </Call>
>      </New>
>     </Arg>
>    </Call>
> 
> 
> The softlink is under static directory. It points to another location under
> a different directory tree.
> 
> If I remove softlink and copy the file itself, it works. This means docroot
> setup is working. When I looked at ResourceCache.java line 252, it seems it
> prints the warning I am getting and returns null. Is there a way to make it
> work using soft link?
> 
> I'll appreciate any help with this.

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