Overriding Automatic Directory Generation

Summary of Steps

1. Determine what file you want VM:Webgateway to display when a web browser user enters a URL that identifies a directory rather than a file.
2. Determine whether you want to override the automatic directory using a DIRMAP file or an INDEX HTML (for BFS, INDEX.HTML or index.html) file.

Steps in Detail

1. Determine what file you want VM:Webgateway to display when a web browser user enters a URL that identifies a directory rather than a file.

2. Determine whether you want to override the automatic directory using a DIRMAP file or an INDEX HTML (for BFS, INDEX.HTML or index.html) file.

   DIRMAP File

   You must use this method if you serve data from a minidisk or using CMS search order.

   If you serve data from an SFS directory, use this method if you want VM:Webgateway to display a file that is not named INDEX HTML. If you serve data from a BFS directory, use this method if you want VM:Webgateway to display a file that is not named either INDEX.HTML or index.html.

   To identify the file you want to serve, place an INDEX directory control record in a DIRMAP file.

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   Note: If you serve data from an SFS directory and want to use this method, but currently do not use DIRMAP files, create a VMWEBSRV DIRMAP file to hold the INDEX record. For a BFS directory, create a VMWEBSRV.DIRMAP file to hold the INDEX record.

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   INDEX HTML File

   You can only use this method if you serve data from either an SFS or BFS directory.

   For an SFS directory, the file you serve must be named INDEX HTML. For a BFS directory, the file you serve must be named either INDEX.HTML or index.html.