NTFS Junction Point Problems

[Hiwj]

I have created NTFS junction points so that I can point some additional
folders to one location e.g.

http://server/theOtherFolder actually points to http://server/theFolder

i.e. c:\inetpub\wwwroot\theOtherFolder -> c:\inetpub\wwwroot\theFolder

If I change a page which is located in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\theFolder, and go
to http://server/theFolder/thePage.asp it shows OK. However, if I go to
http://server/theOtherFolder/thePage.asp then it doesn't show the updated
page.

It's as if the 'linked' pages are cached by IIS, and arn't updated correctly
(eventhough they are actually the same files).

Is this a problem with NTFS junction points & IIS?
Is it better to use virtual directories to have multiple folders point to
the same physical foder?

[David Wang]

On Sep 30, 7:03 am, Hiwj <H...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have created NTFS junction points so that I can point some additional
> folders to one location e.g.
>

> http://server/theOtherFolderactually points tohttp://server/theFolder

>
> i.e. c:\inetpub\wwwroot\theOtherFolder -> c:\inetpub\wwwroot\theFolder
>
> If I change a page which is located in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\theFolder, and go

> tohttp://server/theFolder/thePage.aspit shows OK. However, if I go tohttp://server/theOtherFolder/thePage.aspthen it doesn't show the updated

> page.
>
> It's as if the 'linked' pages are cached by IIS, and arn't updated correctly
> (eventhough they are actually the same files).
>
> Is this a problem with NTFS junction points & IIS?
> Is it better to use virtual directories to have multiple folders point to
> the same physical foder?

Yes, you should use multiple vdirs to point to the same physical
folder to achive what you want.

You don't want to play with NTFS Junctions unless you have to.

//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//