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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Is there a way of abbreviating pathnames
to the map file? For instance, my URL to produce a map is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=//fileserver/PDP/Program_Dev/DHildebrand/geoprocessing_server/MapServer/sample.map&mode=map<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"Courier New";color:navy'>//fileserver/PDP/Program_Dev/DHildebrand/geoprocessing_server/</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> aliased to </span></font><font size=1 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>/test/</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> but the alias does not seem to work with CGI. I’m just
wondering if there is a workaround so that I don’t need to specify the
whole file path in my URL.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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David V. Hildebrand<br>
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation<br>
(403) 782-8239 <br>
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