Re: Newbie question about UNIX command-line directives

Appreciate the feedback, but..... The .htaccess approach appears to fit my situation best; but, I've not been able to get it to work. I have a folder with a php script and that folder has several sub-folders each with a small configuration script. I'd like the entry point to be a subfolder and main script [in the parent folder] to be "symbolically" executed. I'm familiar with the DirectorIndex and use it often, but only for defining the default file for the particular folder. Could I be doing something wrong? Or is there another htaccess directive that may work? Thanks......... Analysis & Solutions wrote:

On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 01:12:38PM -0400, Al wrote:

I'm on a virtual host without a shell account and need execute a UNIX command. ln -s ../afile.php index.php

In a PHP script, you can do this -- if permissions are favorable: exec('ln -s ../afile.php index.php');

Is there some way to do this [e.g., with a htaccess file]?

In an .htaccess file, you can put this

    DirectoryIndex afile.php

What happens when you execute UNIX commands like the one above? Does it make a file, change the config?

It makes a link in the file system. -s makes the link symbolic. http://www.tac.eu.org/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ln++NetBSD-current --Dan