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I want to forward different domain names to single IP Address (local for testing), but how can i recognize in pc that which domain name should be linked to which folder?

For example in my windows host file I have added the following entries:

127.0.0.1       abc.com
127.0.0.1       test.abc.com
127.0.0.1       test1.abc.com
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Question doesn't make sense. Give us an example of what you have tried and what does or doesn't work – Steve Jun 15 '12 at 7:05
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Can you specify which webserver you're using (e.g. Apache or IIS) so that we can give more specific instructions? – paulmorriss Jun 15 '12 at 11:46

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  1. When request is sent from browser to website, the "Host" header is sent which will contain the host name (e.g. Host: test.example.com).

  2. Web server (Apache, IIS, nginx etc) will check that request header and will route to correct virtual site / folder accordingly to the rules that you have defined in your web server configuration (when creating website in web server, you providing to what host names it should respond to).

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