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Re: .htaccess question



* Gruessle (debian@orces.com) [031219 14:44]:
> 
> 
> From: Vineet Kumar [mailto:vineet@doorstop.net]
> > * Gruessle (debian@orces.com) [031219 12:39]:
> > >
> > > I have a lot of large files deep in directories berried
> > > like this:
> > >
> > > http://myserver.com/shop/more/even/more/images/1-999/
> > > http://myserver.com/shop/more/even/more/images/1000-1999/
> > > http://myserver.com/shop/more/even/more/images/2000-2999/
> > > http://myserver.com/shop/more/even/more/images/10000-10999/
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > What I like to do is move those files out to
> > >
> > > http://myserver.com/images/1-999/
> > > http://myserver.com/images/1000-1999/
> > > http://myserver.com/images/2000-2999/
> > > http://myserver.com/images/10000-10999/
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > The problem is that I am running oscommerce and oscommerce gets his
> > > image files from that location.
> > >
> > > Is there a way I can use .htaccess to redirect oscommerce to get the
> > > files from the new location?
> > > If so how?
> > > Or is there a better solution?
> >
> > Don't bother with HTTP redirects.  Just use a symlink.

Sorry I confused you.  Maybe this will help:

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/general/main-glossary.html#SYMLINK-GLOSS

The basic idea is that you want to create a link to the new directory in
the place that the old directory was.  For example, you might do
something like this:

mv shop/even/more/images .
ln -s ../../../images shop/even/more

good times,
Vineet
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