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Chromium DocumentRoot browsing file://


I'm looking for a way to set the DocumentRoot while browsing local file:// sites.
My situation: I have a copy of my web server on my local machine and sync it via rsync to the server. I'm looking for a way to check these site (while offline, so I can't just sync them) without installing a local web server.
I can open the files, but all links beginning at the DocumentRoot are broken.
What I'm looking for:
A switch like "chromium --doc-root=/home/user/website/http/" or similar would be perfect.
Is there anything like this? Thanks for your help.

Solution

  • AFAIK, I don't think Chromium provides such options to specify document root for file scheme, which is also obey the file URI scheme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_URI_scheme).

    For your case, I think it's better to use a simple http server (e.g. if you have python, just use SimpleHTTPServer). Ff file scheme is used, you still have to append --allow-file-access-from-files to avoid permission restrictions.