I assume the ftp server and web server is running on the same machine and that it's a UNIX-like OS like Linux, Mac OS X *BSD etc.
I guess it is since you are talking about symlinks and using forward slashes in the path names :) Ok, to the point. Open a terminal / command line console. Change directory to the directory where the website is located. Run the command: Ln -s /Volumes/music/4music/bilboard/bilboardhot/1961 billboard1961 The above command will create a symlink named billboard1961 in the current directory which should be your website directory. You can also run the command with absolute paths instead of relative path names. I also see that your path contains white space characters which may cause trouble for ln. Try putting the paths in double quotes. When done the content can be accessed from the website by using the name of the symlink. In this example billboard1961 points to the local directory. This also assumes that your web server allows symlinks. In case of Apache put something like Allow SymLinks or Follow Syymlinks in your httpd.conf or virtual host configuration files and reload apache config. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: 16. mai 2012 21:55 To: Technology Enthusiasm Restricted To Subject: linking to a local volume via ftp and putting it on a site Ok I dunno where this falls but I want to have someone access some of my stuff via a website but at the same time it is on a external volume. I know how to create sim links but I can't paste them in to the sites folder as they dead link. so is there a way to do this with out too much fuss? for example If I wanted them to access ,/Volumes/music/4music/bil board/bilboard hot/1961 /Volumes/music/4music/bil board/bilboard hot/1962 /Volumes/music/4music/bil board/bilboard hot/1963 /Volumes/music/4music/bil board/bilboard hot/1964 /Volumes/music/4music/bil board/bilboard hot/1965 via an ftp link not an ftp program but a link on a website how would I do this? I know my question is kind of odd but there ya go. I also don't know what list this is to go on so sorry if this is the wrong one. Thanks. ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
