I'm having trouble remapping a sub-directory

I already contacted support but the response they gave me didn't help. The cause of the problem is that the sub-directory I wanna remap has a space in the folder name (I'll call the folder "xxx xxx" for privacy purposes).

When DreamHost asked me to type a "Fully-hosted URL to remap", I typed "http://mywebsite.com/xxx% 20xxx/". For the new path, I typed "/home/otheruser/mywebsite.com/xxx% 20xxx/". However, when I go to the URL "http://mywebsite.com/xxx% 20xxx/" it doesn't work. I can only see the contents of "/home/otheruser/mywebsite.com/xxx% 20xxx/" when I go to the URL "http://mywebsite.com/xxx% 2520xxx/".

So I'm typing in 1 URL that I want remapped, but it thinks I want a different URL remapped. How can I set it up so that when I go to the URL "http://mywebsite.com/xxx% 20xxx/", I see the contents of "/home/otheruser/mywebsite.com/xxx% 20xxx/"?

Edit: Oops, the URLs didn't show up properly, the forum must have automatically converted the "% 20"s to spaces. I just added spaces after each % so you can see what I wanted to type, so just ignore those spaces.Edited by mjf314 on 11/09/06 07:55 PM (server time).

Have you tried just mapping the subdirectory with spaces, rather than their % equivalents? Most web browsers nowadays will convert spaces. Heck, I think most web servers nowadays will convert spaces. It's just a random guess, but...

Alternatively, you can replace the spaces with a _ instead. That'll guarantee you no trouble.

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When I try to map the sub-directory with spaces, DreamHost gives me an error message: "Error: The URL must not have any spaces in it."

Which path are you putting the spaces in? The source URL or the filesystem path? If the former, it may be easier just to rename it to xxx_xxx.

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