Re: UNC path support in WebDNA 5.0
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = What is wrong with the * operator ?On OSX we can do*volumes/[volume_name]/path/to/file> Chris List Recipient wrote:>> FYI... Recently I tried to get WebDNA to process files on another drive>> (d:\...) but had no luck. Also, WebDNA has special processing for the root>> folder / symbol (although under Windows it is annoyingly handled>> incorrectly). I doubt it will work with UNC names.>> > > The root handling is because the Windows library code which translates a HTTP> path to a physical (disk) path return not the virtual server root but the> directory containing the $webcat.dll. This is something outside of SMSI's> control, and actually affects all CGI's under Windows.> > As for the drive path notation, not knowing what context you were using, I can> only say that this is usually considered to be a feature, not a bug. There> are > a number of compromises of IIS that rely on being able to access files outside> of the current virtual host (by using ../../../ or extended ASCII coding of> filenames). The sole exception to this is the [include] context, which is> permitted to access folders outside of the virtual root.> > John-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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What is wrong with the * operator ?On OSX we can do*volumes/[volume_name]/path/to/file> Chris List Recipient wrote:>> FYI... Recently I tried to get WebDNA to process files on another drive>> (d:\...) but had no luck. Also, WebDNA has special processing for the root>> folder / symbol (although under Windows it is annoyingly handled>> incorrectly). I doubt it will work with UNC names.>> > > The root handling is because the Windows library code which translates a HTTP> path to a physical (disk) path return not the virtual server root but the> directory containing the $webcat.dll. This is something outside of SMSI's> control, and actually affects all CGI's under Windows.> > As for the drive path notation, not knowing what context you were using, I can> only say that this is usually considered to be a feature, not a bug. There> are > a number of compromises of IIS that rely on being able to access files outside> of the current virtual host (by using ../../../ or extended ASCII coding of> filenames). The sole exception to this is the [include] context, which is> permitted to access folders outside of the virtual root.> > John-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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