Why is data linked to data-dist
Greetings, I have a general question that I hope someone can help me with. I was wondering why the powers that be have chosen to link /usr/local/www/data to /usr/local/www/data-dist instead of just creating /usr/local/www/data-dist directly. Can anybody help me with the idea behind this ? Thanks, LB ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why is data linked to data-dist
LB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I have a general question that I hope someone can help me with. I was wondering why the powers that be have chosen to link /usr/local/www/data to /usr/local/www/data-dist instead of just creating /usr/local/www/data-dist directly. Can anybody help me with the idea behind this ? This reduces the possibility of people losing their data during an upgrade. If you portupgrade (or use any other system) to upgrade to a newer version of Apache, data-dist will be overwritten with the new documentation that comes with the new version of Apache. data will not be touched. As a result, if you left data as a symlink to data-dist, it still works and shows you the most updated documentation. However, if relink data to a different directory, or replace the symlink with a real directory with your site in it, the upgrade doesn't obliterate your data. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why is data linked to data-dist
LB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I have a general question that I hope someone can help me with. I was wondering why the powers that be have chosen to link /usr/local/www/data to /usr/local/www/data-dist instead of just creating /usr/local/www/data-dist directly. Can anybody help me with the idea behind this ? This reduces the possibility of people losing their data during an upgrade. If you portupgrade (or use any other system) to upgrade to a newer version of Apache, data-dist will be overwritten with the new documentation that comes with the new version of Apache. data will not be touched. As a result, if you left data as a symlink to data-dist, it still works and shows you the most updated documentation. However, if relink data to a different directory, or replace the symlink with a real directory with your site in it, the upgrade doesn't obliterate your data. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why is data linked to data-dist
At 20:47 5-10-2004, you wrote: LB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I have a general question that I hope someone can help me with. I was wondering why the powers that be have chosen to link /usr/local/www/data to /usr/local/www/data-dist instead of just creating /usr/local/www/data-dist directly. Can anybody help me with the idea behind this ? Sorry about the double post. I resent wrong email. My bad But what I was supposed to post: Sounds like a good idea. So deleting the symlink and creating a real data directory would mean I have to physically copy any new version of web apps installed by ports if they're upgraded by portupgrade ? LB ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why is data linked to data-dist
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 20:47 5-10-2004, you wrote: LB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I have a general question that I hope someone can help me with. I was wondering why the powers that be have chosen to link /usr/local/www/data to /usr/local/www/data-dist instead of just creating /usr/local/www/data-dist directly. Can anybody help me with the idea behind this ? Sorry about the double post. I resent wrong email. My bad But what I was supposed to post: Sounds like a good idea. So deleting the symlink and creating a real data directory would mean I have to physically copy any new version of web apps installed by ports if they're upgraded by portupgrade ? Not if they're well done ports. Most web apps, when installed from the ports, do not install in that data directory. Instead, they are installed in /usr/local/www/webapp-name, and the necessary configurations are put in place to make them accessible. (usually Apache-based symlinks ... I forget what the directive in Apache is called). Anyway, this protects the data you generate in the same way. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
