Igor Sysoev Wrote:
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> The bug is in "alias/if" combination. "root"
> should work:
>
> location ~ \.html$ {
> root /tmp;
> ...
>
>
> --
> Igor Sysoev
> http://sysoev.ru/en/
>

Cool, it does work with "root" instead of "alias". I had tried that, but wasn't sure if it was a safe alternative because of the warning from Dave Cheney on this page:

http://serverfault.com/questions/23157/setting-expires-headers-for-static-content-served-from-nginx