Sorry for wrong question. I wanted to ask...

map "~ ^/~([^/]*)/.*$)" $userhome{
}

style regex. Where map input string will be $1.

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Apart from that, inside map:

map $uri $blogname{
~^(?P<blogpath>/[^/]+/)files/(.*)$ $blogpath ;
}

I am not able to use $1. I always have to use a variable like $blogpath. Is it by design or a mistake on my end?

I get error: "nginx: [emerg] unknown "1" variable" when I try:

map $uri $blogname{
~^(/[^/]+/)files/(.*)$ $1 ;
}

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