Using nostat

You can specify the parameter nostat in the obj.conf NameTrans function assign-name to prevent the server from doing a stat on a specified URL whenever possible. Use the following syntax:

nostat=virtual-path

Example

<Object name=default>
NameTrans fn="assign-name" from="/nsfc" nostat="/nsfc" name="nsfc"
</Object>
<Object name=nsfc>
Service fn=service-nsfc-dump
</Object>

In the previous example, the server does not stat for path /ntrans-base/nsfc and /ntrans-base/nsfc/* if ntrans-base is set. If ntrans-base is not set, the server does not stat for URLs /nsfc and /nsfc/*. By default, ntrans-base is set. The example assumes the default PathCheck server functions are used.

When you use nostat= virtual-path in the assign-name NameTrans, the server assumes that stat on the specified virtual-path will fail. Therefore, use nostat only when the path of the virtual-path does not exist on the system, for example, in NSAPI plug-in URLs. Using nostat on those URLs improves performance by avoiding unnecessary stats on those URLs.

For more information about obj.conf, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Administrator’s Configuration File Reference.