Document search path?

Hello,

is there a way to define several directories in a server machine's file
system to look up for documents, that is, have several "document roots"
so to say?

At the moment I am using a directory filled with both files from an svn
repository and a few thousand simlinks (actually just linking the
directory they contain). Because we need to seperate the svn files from
the non-svn files, and for file system performance we need to split this
up into several directories. But that would mean Apache needed to
somehow look up at least one more directory if the file was not found in
document root.

Can anyone give me a hint how to do that?

Björn

Davide Bianchi schrieb:
> On 2008-05-27, Björn Keil <abgrund@silberdrache.net> wrote:
>> is there a way to define several directories in a server machine's file
>> system to look up for documents, that is, have several "document roots"
>> so to say?
>
> No, since each system/vhost can have only ONE 'root'.
>
>> Can anyone give me a hint how to do that?
>
> I think you're trying to hammer a nail with a shoe or to walk on an
> hammer, what you need is obviously not a web server but a document
> management system.
>
> Davide
>
What I need is two directories to look documents up from; no more, no
less. No complicated management system.

Davide Bianchi schrieb:
> On 2008-05-27, Björn Keil <abgrund@silberdrache.net> wrote:

>
> I think you're trying to hammer a nail with a shoe or to walk on an
> hammer, what you need is obviously not a web server but a document
> management system.
>
> Davide
>

And spare me with your thoughts in future if you got no understanding of
the problem at hand and no answer to the question asked.

"Björn Keil" <abgrund@silberdrache.net> schreef in bericht
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> Hello,
>
> is there a way to define several directories in a server machine's file
> system to look up for documents, that is, have several "document roots" so
> to say?
>
> At the moment I am using a directory filled with both files from an svn
> repository and a few thousand simlinks (actually just linking the
> directory they contain). Because we need to seperate the svn files from
> the non-svn files, and for file system performance we need to split this
> up into several directories. But that would mean Apache needed to somehow
> look up at least one more directory if the file was not found in document
> root.
>
> Can anyone give me a hint how to do that?
>
Just a hint then
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} -!f
RewriteRule /root1/(.*) /root2/$1

Less than 2ct

Hans