<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Barbara,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>any directory that starts with a / (ie /home/something) in unix is equivalent roughly to C:\home\something in dos</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV>On 20/11/2006, at 11:29 PM, Barbara H. Carroll wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">DocumentRoot=/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/ - so is /var/www/htdocs the same thing?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>probably - it is a standard Unix type location for Apache</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Programs need to have the extent added to them in order to run ie</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe rather than /cgi-bin/mapserv</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm not sure what you mean by extent - .exe is because mapserv is an executable program - unix type systems don' t require the suffix</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In the book on page 21 they talk about /home/mapdata/hello.map - where is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">/home/mapdata/ supposed to be located?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>as per above, it can be anywhere - make a directory called C:\home\mapdata, and you are away, and won't have to change too much code</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Most of your questions are general mapserver type questions, and would be better directed at the mapserver user's list, which has a big readership and lots of people who will know the exact answers to your questions.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>try <A href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU</A> - you will probably have to set up an account</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>cheers</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ben</DIV></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>-- </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ben Madin</DIV><DIV>REMOTE INFORMATION</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>t : +61 8 9192 5455</DIV><DIV>f : +61<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>8 9192 5535</DIV><DIV>m : 0448 887 220</DIV><DIV>Broome WA 6725</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:ben@remoteinformation.com.au">ben@remoteinformation.com.au</A></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </SPAN></SPAN>Out here, it pays to know...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>