# Help Regarding Uploading a Image and Use it in two places

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-regarding-uploading-a-image-and-use-it-in-two-places/123238>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 15, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-regarding-uploading-a-image-and-use-it-in-two-places/123238 "2007-12-15T09:44:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![jagan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@jagan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jagan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-regarding-uploading-a-image-and-use-it-in-two-places/123238/1 "2007-12-15T09:44:23Z")

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Hello All,

We are having two applications which use the same Database.What my  
requirement is if i upload an image in application1 i want the image  
to get reflected in application 2 .By Default all images uploaed in  
app1 are getting stored in app1/public/system folder.How can i  
reference my app2 to the app1/publuc/system/folder

Thanks  
Jagan

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**Author:** ![jagan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@jagan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jagan)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-regarding-uploading-a-image-and-use-it-in-two-places/123238/2 "2007-12-17T20:42:15Z")

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You might try, in app2, setting a global constant in your application  
controller called IMAGE\_ROOT or something like that, and give it the  
full absolute path to the images in app1.

IMAGE\_ROOT = ‘/var/www/vhosts/app1/public/system’