absolute path (*) - how does it work?

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2007


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Anyone get the absolute path symbol to work (*)? I tried using it with include & listfiles with no success (webdna 6.0). Am moving files between Windows and Linux and the pathing issues are a pain since the root path "/" are different on the Linus versus windows (Linux is perfect but on Windows the root is the WebCat DLL directory! I saw this in the docs: 'Absolute Path' Prefixing a file or database path with an "*" will force WebCatatog to treat the path as "absolute", and not relative to the template or virtual root. This is useful on platforms where using an alias in not an option. This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled via the WebDNA administration page. This is similar to the use of '^' to specify a path relative to the WebDNA 'globals' folder. Or does anyone have a way to get the root path to behave correctly on both Windows and Linux without having to stick things in the global directory? Thanks! Olin ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: absolute path (*) - how does it work? ( Frank Nordberg 2007)
  2. absolute path (*) - how does it work? ( "Olin Lagon" 2007)
Anyone get the absolute path symbol to work (*)? I tried using it with include & listfiles with no success (webdna 6.0). Am moving files between Windows and Linux and the pathing issues are a pain since the root path "/" are different on the Linus versus windows (Linux is perfect but on Windows the root is the WebCat DLL directory! I saw this in the docs: 'Absolute Path' Prefixing a file or database path with an "*" will force WebCatatog to treat the path as "absolute", and not relative to the template or virtual root. This is useful on platforms where using an alias in not an option. This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled via the WebDNA administration page. This is similar to the use of '^' to specify a path relative to the WebDNA 'globals' folder. Or does anyone have a way to get the root path to behave correctly on both Windows and Linux without having to stick things in the global directory? Thanks! Olin ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ "Olin Lagon"

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