Re: Linux Path

["Jari Fredriksson" <jarif@iki.fi>]

On Mon, June 11, 2012 17:15, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:
> Dear List -
>
> I have a deficiency in my knowledge of paths.
>
> Will you please help.
>
> My working directory is /var/www/Webpages2
>
> In that directory I have a file b.mp4.
>
> This file also is in /home/ethan/Gingy/Pictures/Vol_1
>
> If I access b.mp4 in /var/www/Webpages2,  [src="b.mp4"] the file is found.
>
> It is not found using the full path [src="
> /home/ethan/Gingy/Pictures/Vol_1/b.mp4"] .
>
> Where is my error?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ethan Rosenberg
>

How do you access it? If with a web browser (as the folder /var/www
suggests), it is not possible to access anything out of /var/www.

You can move the file to /home/ethan/public_html/Gingy/Pictures/Vol_1 and
access it via http://server/~ethan/Gingy/Pictures/Vol_1/b.mp4

Cheers.