Overriding Automatic Directory Generation Using a DIRMAP File

Steps

1. Move the file to serve to the location you serve files from.

2. Add an INDEX directory control record to the current DIRMAP file. If you are not currently using DIRMAP files, create a VMWEBSRV DIRMAP file (for BFS VMWEBSRV.DIRMAP) in the current directory to hold the INDEX record. For example, to display the file HOMEPAGE HTML (for BFS HOMEPAGE.HTML), add the following record:

   INDEX HOMEPAGE HTML

   The INDEX record indicates VM:Webgateway should serve the specified file rather than generating and serving an automatic directory.

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   Note: If you serve data from an SFS or BFS directory, the file you specify must reside in the same directory or subdirectory as the DIRMAP file that contains the INDEX record.

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Examples

• The user with VM userid LEANNA serves data from a minidisk. The file HOMEPAGE HTML resides in the minidisk she serves data from. The VMWEBSRV DIRMAP file in the minidisk contains the following INDEX record:

  INDEX HOMEPAGE HTML

  When a web browser user enters the following URL, VM:Webgateway serves the file HOMEPAGE HTML:

  http://www.company.com:80/~leanna/

• User DANIEL defined his user page as the SFS directory, VMSYSU:DANIEL.VMWEBGATEWAY. The files CONTENTS CGIREXX and VMWEBSRV DIRMAP reside in the directory. User DANIEL placed the following INDEX record in the VMWEBSRV DIRMAP file:

  INDEX CONTENTS CGIREXX

  When a web browser user enters the following URL, VM:Webgateway serves the file CONTENTS CGIREXX:

  http://www.company.com:80/~daniel/

• User ANDREW defined his user page as the BFS directory, /../VMBFS:VMSYSU:ANDREW/WebUserRoot. The files ProjectSummary.Html and VMWEBSRV.DIRMAP reside in the subdirectory /../VMBFS:VMSYSU:ANDREW/WebUserRoot/ProjectA. User ANDREW placed the following INDEX record in the VMWEBSRV.DIRMAP file:

  INDEX ProjectSummary Html

  When a web browser user enters the following URL, VM:Webgateway serves the file ProjectSummary.Html:

  http://www.company.com:80/~andrew/ProjectA/

• The VM:Webgateway system administrator defined the server root domain as the SFS directory VMSYSU:VMWEBSRV.ROOTDIR. The files JOBS HTML and VMWEBSRV DIRMAP reside in the subdirectory VMSYSU:VMWEBSRV.ROOTDIR.HRDEPT. The system administrator placed the following INDEX record in the VMWEBSRV DIRMAP file:

  INDEX JOBS HTML

  When a web browser user enters the following URL, VM:Webgateway serves the file JOBS HTML:

  http://www.company.com:80/hrdept/