See above for correction :-)

As far as your understanding of the translation, I think you have it. As with a "real" file system, cd .. from the root directory will still leave you at the root directory, and by extension (ignoring symlinks, the shell's idea of $cwd, and so on), cd ../../../foo from the directory /bar/blatz will traverse to /bar, /, /, and then /foo. The same thing holds with the virtual directory structure on the web server.

If you are familiar with the concept of mount points, there are many directives in the Apache configuration language that can create the moral equivalence of a mount point. The stock cgi-bin directory is one, Alias is another. The client sees a view of this virtual directory structure as defined by the directives in the Apache control files.

--MidLifeXis

In reply to Re^4: (OT) cgi: relative v. absolute paths, Apache by MidLifeXis
in thread (OT) cgi: relative v. absolute paths, Apache by 7stud

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