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4.8.5.1 Using the Pass Directive

The CA MICS Documentation Conversion utility stores its
output (DocWebVu) in the $MICSROOT/documents directory
(where $MICSROOT is the name of the CA MICS Root
Directory).

In order to make DocWebVu available to a web server, one may
be inclined to copy the entire documents/directory into the
home directory of the web server.

However, there are inherent problems whenever multiple copies
of the same files exist (i.e., keeping the files
synchronized).

To eliminate these problems, the Pass Directive of the IBM
HTTP Server is recommended.

When specified in the HTTP Server Configuration file, (e.g.,
httpd.config), Pass Directive can redirect a requested Web
server directory to any HFS directory.

For example, with the following Pass Directive in
httpd.config:

  Pass /micsdoc/* /user/MICS/documents/*

if a user requests /micsdoc/contents.html, the Web server
will give them /user/MICS/documents/contents.html.

Reference:  IBM Publication SC31-8690 HTTP Server Planning,
            Installing, and Using