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360	07-31-2001 09:17 AM

Question about mydomian.com/~mydir

I have a directory such as mydomain.com/~mydir. Many people have direct links to this address. When I switch webhosting companies, how do I create this directory? Ws_ftp wont let me create the directory with a tilda (~) in it.

What is this type of direcory with a tilda for anyway?

I have Unix Sys Admin Handbook and Apache by O'Reilly if you can refer me to a chapter.

Thanks,

360 :study:

jharris

07-31-2001 09:23 AM

You don't create the directory. It is a mapping (typically to public_html) done in your httpd.conf. This is taken from my httpd.cof

Code:

#

# UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home

# directory if a ~user request is received.

#

<IfModule mod_userdir.c>

    UserDir public_html

</IfModule>

So when you go to a ~username URL apache returns the pages in the users public_html directory.

HTH

Jamie...

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