No. Let's step back for a sacond. Say you have a file in path="/home/you/somewhere/file.txt" the path allows you to identify the file and web2py server side can access the file using
open(path,'r').read() or open(path,'w').write() nevertheless this file cannot be requested remotely. There is no URL that maps into this file. web2py does not allow it for security reasons. A URL is not a path. If a file has path="/home/you/somewhere/web2py/applications/yourapp/ static/there/file.txt" than this file is under the static folder of a web2py app (yourapp) and it is visible from outside. The web2py URL of this file is http://127.0.0.1:8000/yourapp/static/there/file.txt You can build the "/yourapp/static/there/file.txt" path of the URL using the following web2py function: URL(a=request.application,c='static',f='there/file.txt') where a is the applicaiton name, c= is the controller you want (the one that grabs from static folder) and f is the actual filename under the static folder. If you are calling the above function from the app yourapp you can use the shortcut URL(r=request,c='static',f='there/file.txt') so that it figure out the request.application from the r = request object. NEVER mix file system paths with URL paths. Massimo On Jun 28, 6:33 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > Along this line of using URLs and joins, I'm doing the following but > it's not working for me: > > input_file = URL(r=request,a='static',c='temp',f='test.txt') > ifile=open(input_file,'w') > > This doesn't work, either: > > input_file = os.path.join(request.folder,URL > (r=request,a='static',c='temp',f='test.txt')) > ifile=open(input_file,'w') > > In both cases I get > > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/static/temp/test.txt' --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" 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/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
