This page is for anyone who needs to reference files on the PhixFlow Server.
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For the webapp to know about files stored on the server, for example in /opt/phixflow/data/phixflow, it has a symbolic soft link (also called symbolic link, or soft symlink or data link). This acts as a shortcut between the two directories and lets the PhixFlow webapp "see" the files under /opt/phixflow/data/phixflow/datalink.
| Soft link in Tomcat directory | points to → | PhixFlow server directory containing files |
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/opt/tomcat/webapps/phixflow/datalink |
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You may not want to save files under the datalink directory on the PhixFlow server. For example, you could have a directory for each project, and the files belong to a specific project. In this case, you can add a second soft link.
| Soft link in Tomcat directory | points to → | Soft link in PhixFlow server | points to → | Directory containing files |
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/opt/tomcat/webapps/phixflow/datalink |
| /opt/phixflow/data/phixflow/Projects/MyProject/ |
Creating Symlinks
In the following commands:
path/folder_nameis the full path to the directory to which you want to linksoft_link_nameis the directory name that appears in the current location.
On Linux
In the directory where you want to create the symlink, enter the following ln command:
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ln -s path/folder_name soft_link_name |
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If a file path includes spaces, enclose it in double-quotes |
On Windows
In the directory where you want to create the symlink, enter the following mklink command.
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mklink /D soft_link_name path/folder_name |
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To soft link to a specific file, omit |
For more information about symlinks, see this article on Creating Symbolic Links.
The Path or URL to Use
Within PhixFlow, to refer to a file on the server, start the path with the datalink directory.
Examples:
- file path:
datalink/Project1/Images/file1.png - URL:
url("https:datalink/MyProject/MyImage.png")
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