Amy Roh wrote:
>
> (1) According to NCSA "virtual gives a virtual path to a document on the
> server." So no matter which context you're in, <!--#include
> virtual="/test.txt" --> should try to access "test.txt" on your server's
> root, right? Does virtual have to start with "/" always? I would think
> so. If not, what should be the behavior if it doesn't start with "/",
> context based?
<snip>
virtual gives a virtual path to a document on the server. You must access
a normal file this way, you cannot access a CGI script in this fashion.
You can, however, access another parsed document.
</snip>
I would say that <!--#include virtual="/test.txt" --> tries to access
test.txt in the server's root. However if you read the rfc on virtual
paths you can also use ., .., <dir> instead of starting with a / so
then the following examples would/should work:
<!--#include file="file.txt" --> Which is a file in the current directory.
<!--#include file="./file.txt" --> Which is a file in the current directory.
<!--#include file="dir/file.txt" --> Which is a file in the "dir" directory
_above_ the current directory.
<!--#include file="/file.txt" --> Which is a file on the servers root.
<!--#include file="../file.txt" --> Which is a file in the dir _below_
the current directory.
> (2) Also, NCSA states "file gives a pathname relative to the current
> directory." So obviously <!--#include file="test.txt" --> should try to
> access "test.txt" in your current directory. What about "<!--#include
> file="/test.txt" -->"? Should that look for "test.txt" on your server
> root or on webapp?
<snip>
file gives a pathname relative to the current directory. ../ cannot be
used in this pathname, nor can absolute paths be used. As above, you can
send other parsed documents, but you cannot send CGI scripts.
</snip>
As i enterpret this you can _only_ access a file using the file command
in the following ways:
<!--#include file="file.txt" --> Which is a file in the current directory.
<!--#include file="dir/file.txt" --> Which is a file in the "dir" directory
_above_ the current directory.
<!--#include file="/file.txt" --> Would fail.
<!--#include file="../file.txt" --> Would fail.
And this is how it should be implemented right now.
..bip
