[mod_python] Directory separator in uri/filename on Win32.

Graham Dumpleton wrote:

>
> On 09/11/2004, at 9:20 PM, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>
>>
>>> No, Apache normalises it to the POSIX convention (as is done in 
>>> apache config files):
>>> req.uri: /demo/css/nounderlinelinks.css
>>> req.filename: C:/Temp/jSuite.py/jLogbook/html/demo
>>> (where my handler is set with SetHandler in the demo directory, 
>>> thats why its truncated)
>>> Hope that helps
>>
>>
>> Thanks, that does help.
>>
>> One more question though. Does the use of POSIX path conventions 
>> extend to
>> other areas where a path might be defined internally by mod_python?
>>
>> For example, I use the following code to effectively determine the 
>> directory
>> where the PythonHandler which applies to the request being serviced 
>> was set.
>>
>>     if hasattr(req,"hlist"):
>>       # In mod_python 3.X have the req.hlist member.
>>       root = req.hlist.directory
>>
>>     elif hasattr(req,"get_dirs"):
>>       # In mod_python 2.X have the req.get_dirs() method.
>>       root = req.get_dirs()["PythonHandler"]
>>
>> Is "root" going to also use POSIX path convention. This may depend 
>> more on how
>> mod_python is implemented than Apache depending on how mod_python 
>> determines
>> what value is used for this.
>
>
> Is anyone able to run the check for me to answer my extra question about
> what the handler directory is set to on Win32 platform? Ie., confirmation
> that it also still uses POSIX directory separate convention and not 
> Win32.
>
> The required publisher code is:
>
> def index(req):
>
>   root = "???"
>
>   if hasattr(req,"hlist"):
>     # In mod_python 3.X have the req.hlist member.
>     root = req.hlist.directory
>
>   elif hasattr(req,"get_dirs"):
>     # In mod_python 2.X have the req.get_dirs() method.
>     root = req.get_dirs()["PythonHandler"]
>
>   return root
>
> Thanks in advance.

Ran this on my Windows machine: displayed the following in my browser:

C:/Temp/jSuite.py/jLogbook/html/pubtest/\

Not sure what the extra \ is for

Cheers
David