title: With express.js can I access static files from outside my root directory?
body: <p>I have an express app that I'm going to use as a proxy that traps some requests made from an app written in Angular. The Angular app already exists and has a build configuration that I don't want to alter. </p>
  
  <p>I want to manage my Angular and Express apps in parallel file trees e.g.: </p>
  
  <p>Angular app is at the following path
  /src/angularapp/images/img1.gif</p>
  
  <p>/src/expressapp/app.js </p>
  
  <p>Can I access the static resources from the inside of the Angular app from a parallel file tree that contains my Express.js app? I have tried a few times but find it very hard to configure this correctly so I'm wondering if there is something preventing this. </p>