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Aliases and virtual directories

1) Suppose that you want your web server to present a collection of documents called doc1.html and doc2.html. They are located in the systemroot\home\sales\docs directory.
1) Suppose that you want your web server to present a collection of documents called doc1.html and doc2.html. They are located in the systemroot\home\sales\docs directory.

2) Make this folder accessible to users under the URL
2) Make this folder accessible to users under the URL https://www.anycompany.com/sales/doc1.html.

3) If you do not make these folders accessible, the web servers would attempt to satisfy the web browser's request by looking for the directory \Inetpub\wwwroot\sales\docs\
3) If you do not make these folders accessible, the web servers would attempt to satisfy the web browser's request by looking for the directory \Inetpub\wwwroot\sales\docs\.

4) Using a virtual directory solution, the doc1.html and doc2.html files reside in the system \home\sales\docs directory and are accessed by your site.
4) Using a virtual directory solution, the doc1.html and doc2.html files reside in the systemroot\home\sales\docs directory and are accessed by www.yoursite/sales/docs1.html

5) Using a virtual directory solution, the doc1.html and doc2.html files now reside in the systemroot\home\sales\docs directory and are accessed by the same URL
5) Using a virtual directory solution, the doc1.html and doc2.html files now reside in the systemroot\home\sales\docs directory and are accessed by the same URL