With CF 5 and CFMX it doesn't seem to matter which type of slash you use in directory paths as CF seems to know how to handle it on whatever OS you deployed. I think this is a good thing as it abstracts the file system for you. I also think it should do the same thing for the case of files, but alas it doesn't.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:sean@;corfield.org] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:52 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Linux & Solaris file paths > > On Tuesday, Oct 22, 2002, at 19:20 US/Pacific, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: > > Quick question for anyone using *nix and / or Apache. > > > > Using IIS on a windows server, file paths can be specified in <cffile> > > and > > <cfdirectory> using / or \ interchangeably. I'm guessing this isn't > > true for > > *nix servers, but I wanted to verify this before I put a ton of work > > into a > > modification that may not be necessary to support *nix servers. > > I'm not sure about the \/ issue (I'd expect only / to be supported) but > you will also need to be aware of case sensitivity - we've adopted a > "lowercase only" filename policy (with two notable exceptions: > Application.cfm and OnRequestEnd.cfm) for *all* filenames associated > with the system. > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
