Hmm, that means I would not need to exclude the stic file folders in my Apache configuration. How should I go about this? I have not found the place where the templates read the folders for static content.
Thanks On Jul 10, 9:53 pm, "Mike Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/10/07, Philip Jenvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:17 AM, voltron wrote: > > > > According to the docs, os.path.join does throw the drive letters away: > > > >http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html > > > > I still think that it would be cool if there was a platform > > > independent way in Pylons for doing this. Another thing, it would also > > > be nice if one could use several static paths instead of one, just > > > like the templates dict. > > > > Could the Pylons developers comment on this? > > > I'm not sure I understand all the details. It sounds like the > > os.path.join of root_path and 'public' (or you renamed to to > > 'static') causes an issue on your environment because os.path.join > > removes drive letters and your app is deployed on the D: drive? > > > os.path.join doesn't appear to mess with drive letters for me: > > > Python 2.4.4 (#71, Oct 18 2006, 08:34:43) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] > > on win32 > > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > > >>> import os > > >>> os.getcwd() > > 'C:\\Python24' > > >>> os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'static') > > 'C:\\Python24\\static' > > The docs are talking about a drive letter in the second argument. In > that case, the drive in the first argument would be discarded, as it > should be, because os.path.join allows absolute paths on the right to > override paths on the left. > > The tricky thing with windows is that "C:\\foo" is absolute but > "C:foo" is drive-relative, so join would have to do some extra magic > to ensure the latter case is correct. But it sounds like the > developers understand the difference. > > However, Voltron can replace the entire os.path.join expression with a > different absolute path taken from the config file. > > -- > Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
