[SATLUG] apache file in a different folder

[Samuel Leon]

Richard Suberg wrote:
> What I would like to do is a file available in a different folder then
> DocumentRoot. Different path altogether. For example:
> DocumentRoot set to /mnt/www/web
> want to make a file  /var/log/callerid.log available.
> 
> Everything I find doesn't relate to what I want to do.  I may be phrasing
> the search wrong - not knowing the best way to phrase what I want.  I am
> using Apache 2.2.4 and only using simple pages so far - no elaborate files
> no php, asp, cgi, mostly static text pages and binary files.  Thanks.
> 
> Richard
> 



ln -s  /var/log/callerid.log /mnt/www/web


also run " man ln " in the console and read the manpage.  The command 
above puts a link to the file "/var/log/callerid.log" into the directory 
"/mnt/www/web"