have you tried -d ?

a bit redundant as -e i think is the same as -f and -d ... but worth a shot

also include which version you're running so Igor knows.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:38 PM, jackdempsey <nginx-forum@nginx.us> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to serve up some static files that I've linked to via a symlink. The -f check is failing:
>
> # check if the file exists and serve it
>    if (-f $request_filename) {
>      access_log        off;
>     expires           1d;
>     break;
>   }
>
> as its obviously not a file. I saw something that suggested using -e instead for symlinks, but that doesn't seem to work for me either (this is version 0.6.32 fwiw). Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to have symlink'ed files served up?
>
> thanks so much,
> jack
>
> Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,677,677#msg-677
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