[mapserver-users] Multiple Shapepaths?

[Daniel Morissette]

Stephan Dunning wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to employ two separate shapepaths or mapfiles for one map
> with multiple layers, one for permanent shapes/layers and one for temporary
> shapes/layers to be purged daily?
> 
> Each database query performed by a user on my app creates a dbf and
> ultimately a shapefile to use in mapserver, but I have writing these temp
> shapes to the same directory as my other permanent shapes.  I'd like to
> store them separately in order to automatically purge the temp directory on
> a daily basis.
> 


It's possible... simply set an absolute path for the DATA value of the
temporary shapefile layer and then the SHAPEPATH will be ignored for
this layer.

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