On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:50 PM, pbreit <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmmm...I still don't totally understand what you are trying to do and what
> your setup looks like.
I have a series of applications:
ProjectX2012, ProjectX2011, ProjectX2010, etc....
I want to provide a short-cut URL:
ProjectX
that resolves to the current project.
I thought I was going to have to use URL rewriting to do that, until I
came across
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/4
Here are four ways to set the default application:
Call your default application "init".
Set default_application to your application's name in routes.py
Make a symbolic link from "applications/init" to your
application's folder.
Use URL rewrite as discussed in the next section.
So, what I am trying to find out is how I should choose between the
last two options mentioned above, specifically, for simple application
name aliasing, should I use symbolic links or should I use URL
rewrite?
Since, as far as I have been able to find, that is the only place that
symbolic links are mentioned, I have no idea what the implication and
repercussions of using symbolic links are.
>From what I can tell of reading the URL rewrite description, to change
routing I have to either:
restart the server OR
get to the admin interface and use the reload routes button (which
for all I know, restarts the server behind my back).
Both of those options are a lot more involved and disruptive than just
changing a symbolic link.
BUT would changing a symbolic link on a running server cause problems?
Where do I find that out?
Thanks,
--Doug
