As you know, one often doesn't know the rhyme or reason (at least I do not), but one simply has to try it both ways and see. I've often wondered whether Bill Gates went with backslashes on purpose just to distinguish his OS from Linux...
-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Staver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 24, 2008 4:18 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] How Load Files from Outside the Web Directory? > >In windows land, you access network shares like so: > >\\servername\sharename > >Or in dos with the \'s as well, like "cd C:\" > >I can't remember what CF will do that off the top of my head. Working >with file systems in linux, it's a forward slash. Web URL's are also >forward slashes. So, I would think if I was on a windows box working with >the file system, such as with cffile, I would use the native OS >preference. If I was doing something with cflocation or cfcontent, I >would use forward slashes since it will be displayed through a web >browser. > >I think as others have said though, you can serve up content from outside >the wwwroot directory - but it's my personal preference not to just based >on a security stand point. I get a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that any >content being served up is coming from inside the web directory and >nowhere else, but it's a personal preference. > >> Thanks Mike, I'll try that next time I'm at the client's place of >> business, after making sure I can get it working localhost. I do have a >> question about it though: I'm never clear when to use forward slashes vs. >> backslashes, but I do know that in writing web apps I've had much better >> luck with forward slashes. So by \\servername\sharename did you mean >> //servername/sharename? > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com > >To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ >http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > >For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists >Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ >List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
