Tyler said:
>Sorry to break it to you, but I don't that's achievable.
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>You can get the root of CF by calling an empty ExpandPath():
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>#ExpandPath("")#
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>But that just gives you ColdFusion's root, which isn't necessarily going to
>be your web server root.
#ExpandPath("")#
Will give an error but
#ExpandPath("*.*")#
will give the absolute path from the root directory of the drive to where the function was called, not CF's root or the webserver root.
>IMO, the best thing to do to handle general location-ing(?) is to create a
>root mapping yourself.
Agreed
>Make a mapping called "/" that points to the web
>server root, then everything should fall into place after that. If you are
>on a hosted server, kindly ask the admins to create one for you, or create a
>more specific mapping for each site of yours. If they can't do either of
>these very basic, necessary tasks...dump 'em, there are plenty of shared
>hosting providers out there that will.
And what if many users on one server want the "/" mapping for themselves?
We suggest a short and unique mapping (to avoid confusion) for each user's site and that the developer uses it, preferably as a variable, for both their dev and hosting setups. EG
mapping /mbc/ to /site/webroot/ in CF Admin
<cfset request.CFmap = "/mbc/"> in application.cfm or somewhere relevant
and in the code:
<cfinclude template="#request.CFmap#test.cfm">
>Other than with a mapping, CF has no idea what the root of your web server
>is. I've searched long and hard, there's just no definitive
>variable/function out there->
harking bak to the original question I wonder what was meant by "root for my web server" as it is a bit ambiguous? The root directory for a specific website is discoverable by the expandpath() function mentioned above, the web server's root could be a totally different place.
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Yours,
Kym
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