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Is it possible to include a windows enviroment variable in an httpd.conf?

Ideally I would like to set DocumentRoot to something like %PROGRAMDATA%\MyCompany\MyApp\htdocs.

Background: I'm trying to make a custom apache installer as part of a larger project. I could make installer write an absolute path into httpd.conf, but I'd prefer to keep the conf file portable if possible.

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Based on this bug report it would appear that environment variable expansion in configuration files on Windows is a valid feature in Apache. Looks like you can use the same syntax as environment variable expansion that you would for Apache on a *nix OS-- ${variable_name}.

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Excellent, thanks – Twelve47 Apr 14 '11 at 14:43

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