On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 06:46:10PM -0500, ulik wrote:

Hi there,

> Here is what I want to do, in nginx conf language:

> # root when path query arg is present
> if ($arg_path) {
> root /var/www/example/$arg_path;
> }
>
> # root when path query arg is not present (default)
> if (!$arg_path) {
> root /var/www/example/default;
> }

You can use "map" to set a variable, and then use that variable in the
"root" directive. That way you can avoid trying to have "root" within
"if".

Something like

map $arg_path $root_bit {
default $arg_path;
"" default;
}

and then later

root /var/www/example/$root_bit;

Cheers,

f
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Francis Daly francis@daoine.org

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