[mapserver-commits] r11306 - in trunk/docs/en: mapfile optimization

[svn at osgeo.org]

Author: dmorissette
Date: 2011-03-22 18:54:40 -0700 (Tue, 22 Mar 2011)
New Revision: 11306

Modified:
   trunk/docs/en/mapfile/map.txt
   trunk/docs/en/optimization/debugging.txt
Log:
Document support for relative path in CONFIG MS_ERRORFILE (#2853)

Modified: trunk/docs/en/mapfile/map.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/en/mapfile/map.txt	2011-03-23 01:34:30 UTC (rev 11305)
+++ trunk/docs/en/mapfile/map.txt	2011-03-23 01:54:40 UTC (rev 11306)
@@ -46,9 +46,14 @@
  
     MS_ERRORFILE [filename]
        The CONFIG parameter can be used to write MapServer errors to a file
-       (as of MapServer 5.0). A full path (absolute reference) is
-       required, including the filename.  For more on this see the DEBUG 
-       parameter below.
+       (as of MapServer 5.0). With MapServer 5.x, a full path (absolute 
+       reference) is required, including the filename. Starting with MapServer
+       6.0, a filename with relative path can be passed via this CONFIG 
+       directive, in which case the filename is relative to the mapfile 
+       location. Note that setting MS_ERRORFILE via an environment variable 
+       always requires an absolute path since there would be no mapfile to 
+       make the path relative to.
+       For more on this see the DEBUG parameter below.
 
     MS_NONSQUARE [yes|no]
        The CONFIG parameter can be used to allow non-square WMS requests.

Modified: trunk/docs/en/optimization/debugging.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/en/optimization/debugging.txt	2011-03-23 01:34:30 UTC (rev 11305)
+++ trunk/docs/en/optimization/debugging.txt	2011-03-23 01:54:40 UTC (rev 11306)
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
   Full path and filename of a log file, to contain MapServer's debug messages.  Any file extension
   can be used, but *.log* or *.txt* is recommended.  The file will be created, if it does not 
   already exist.
+
+  Starting with MapServer 6.0, a filename with relative path can be passed 
+  via the CONFIG MS_ERRORFILE directive, in which case the filename is 
+  relative to the mapfile location. Note that setting MS_ERRORFILE via an 
+  environment variable always requires an absolute path since there would 
+  be no mapfile to make the path relative to.
   
 **stderr**
   Use this to send MapServer's debug messages to the Web server's log file (i.e. "standard error"). 
@@ -653,4 +659,4 @@
    using Microsoft IIS, debug output is routed to *stdout* (i.e. the browser), so be sure 
    to remove *DEBUG ON* statements if using IIS on a production server.
 
-.
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+.