Tim Arnold wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in comp.lang.python:
> "Tim Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I'm using ElementTree to access some xml configuration files, and >> using the module's xinclude capability. I've got lines like this in >> the parent xml file (which lives in the same directory as the >> included xml file): <xi:include >> href="/dept/app/doc/current/en/xml/asdf/asdf_syntaxterms.xml"/> >> >> When I started the project it was Unix-only; this worked fine. Now I >> have users who want to use the system on Windows and of course that >> directory path doesn't exist on Windows, but it is available on the >> network using a name like >> \\ladida\current\en\xml\asdf\asdf_syntaxterms.xml >> >> if relative paths worked, I could imagine >> <xi:include href="asdf_syntaxterms.xml" /> would work. >> Also,the file can be read via an http server. >> >> My question: is there a way to make xinclude work with relative paths >> or perhaps urls? >> Any ideas welcome--to me it looks like I'll have to restructure this >> part of the system since I've basically programmed myself into a >> corner. >> According to the docs: http://effbot.org/zone/element-xinclude.htm The default handler just sees the href value as a filename, so you should be able to use a relative path if you os.chdir() to the working directory before processing you xml file. I just ran a 3 line sample to make sure os.chdir() works with network paths, which it did. Rob. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
