Excluding location path from file paths

Question

In config file,

location /i/ {
    root /data/w3;
}

The /data/w3/i/top.gif file will be sent in response to the /i/top.gif request. How can I set it to ignore i in file paths? Indeed I need /i/top.gif to be mapped to /data/w3/top.gif.

Answer 1

location /i/ {
    alias /data/w3/;
}