[Mapserver-users] How to MapServer using shapefiles from different paths

Pericles S. Nacionales nacional at cbs.umn.edu
Mon Jun 23 15:51:51 EDT 2003


Eduardo,

You can just type the full path of your second shapefile on your map
file.  Or, create a symbolic link:

ln -s /var/shapefiles/mydata /var/shapefiles/br/sp/mydata

and call DATA "mydata/fr_niv.shp" on your map file.


Good luck!
-Perry


On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 14:00, Eduardo Patto Kanegae wrote:
> Is there a way of using shapefiles from different paths?
> 
> example:
> 
> 1st Path: /var/shapefiles/br/sp/
>                contains: sp_limits.shp / sp_cities.shp
> 
> 2nd Path: /var/shapefiles/mydata/
>                contains: fr_1.shp / fr_niv.shp
> 
> thanks
> 
> Eduardo Patto Kanegae
> eduardo at linkgeo.com.br
> http://www.linkgeo.com.br
> 
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