When running ASPNET Core application in Ubuntu 16.04 how can I access a file in another folder?

Question

I am trying to run an ASP5/MVC6 ASPNET core application in Ubuntu 16.04 using dotnet core 1.1. My application resides in one directory off of the users home directory, and

Answer 1

By default static files should be located in the wwwroot folder, which inside you working folder. But if you want to keep them outside you can configure the static files middleware:

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
{
    app.UseStaticFiles();

    app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions()
    {
        FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
        RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
    });
}

See tutorial here.

Answer 2

you can use 'ln' to Make a Link to '/home/myuser/myimages' in your working directory

then you can reference files in your working directory