[Catalyst] Catalyst::Plugin::Static::Simple 0.11 on Win32

[Will Hawes]

I'm working on Win32 using Catalyst 5.51 and the test server. I want to 
serve static content from a folder outside of my Catalyst application 
(e.g. 'C:\images'). Under "Including Additional Directories", the docs 
for Catalyst::Plugin::Static::Simple seem to suggest this is possible.

Code is as follows:

use Catalyst qw/-Debug Static::Simple/;

MyApp->config->{static}->{dirs} = [
   'static'
];

MyApp->config->{static}->{include_path} = [
   'C:\\images' # here I have also tried 'C:\images' and 'C:/images'
];

The URL is 'http://localhost:3000/static/1.gif'.

With the include_path setting commented out, the static file 1.gif is 
served correctly from root/static. But if I copy the file to C:\images, 
uncomment the include_path setting and restart the test server, nothing 
is served. The debug log contains "Static::Simple: 404: file not found: 
static/1.gif".

I'm assuming I've missed something, but I can't work out what from the 
docs, which are a bit ambiguous imo.

Any ideas?