son Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 On new host there is a 'www' and a 'public_html' folder with idential contents. Does anyone know which is the folder for the web files? Web host has Apache running on Linux server...Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 put your files in public_html. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I believe the www folder is just a symbolic link to the public_html one anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 I believe the www folder is just a symbolic link to the public_html one anyway...OK, I will put the files into public_html. Still, cannot really understand the purpose of having two folders with identical content. Just run some test and when I delete a file in one, it automatically deletes it in the other...Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 thats because www is a sym link, kinda like a shortcut in Windows. I'm not sure of the purpose either but I am sure there is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 thats because www is a sym link, kinda like a shortcut in Windows. I'm not sure of the purpose either but I am sure there is one.Now, I understand. It acts as a shortcut. Strange they put both viewable on our host... Anyway, won't touch the www folder.Thanks,Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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