Thomas Ploch wrote: > Steve Holden schrieb: >> Clearly if form['uploadfile'] is returning the client's path information >> you do have to remove that somehow before further processing, which also >> means you need to deduce what the client architecture is to correctly >> remove path data. Of course this also leaves open the question "what >> does a Mac client return?", and you might want to cater for that also. > > I tested from linux and Mac OS, and on both os.path.basename() works as > expected (since the server it runs on is a UNIX one). That brings me to > the question, how Do I a) get the cients architecture and b) send the > architecture of the client through cgi.FieldStorage()? > >> I suspect you will also find that there are at least some circumstances >> under which a Unix browser will also include path information. > > Which ones should that be? Since os.path.basename() _is_ doing the right > thing on *nix style paths (Mac OS is not different there), I cant think > of other circumstances. > > >> I presume you are looking to use the same filename that the user >> provided on the client? Does this mean that each user's files are >> stored in different directories? Otherwise it's not always a good idea >> to use filenames provided by the user for files on the server anyway. > > Yes, each User has his own directory. Files get timestamped and then put > into the corresponding directory. It is just that having > 'C:\a\very\long\path\file.ext' as a filename on the server is not nice. > > Thomas >
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