If you really want to have a directory with a .com extension create a virtual directory to point to the physical directory and only use the virtual directory in CF. I use this technique to keep client work in a directory according to their domain. But the underscore works too.
-John- At 03:50 PM 9/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Yeah, you're right. I tried it before running out to the gym at noon. I >had a weird feeling about naming a directory ".com". I changed it to >"_com" and it worked. :-) (I have a directory with the same company name >for that domain.net) > >Thanks! > >-----Original Message----- >From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:30 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: Weird Behavior > > > : Not sure what os that was -- and I think it may have actually > > : been /com/ as > > : a directory name... I've never seen a problem with Windows IIS using >the > > : domain name as the directory name -- it's a fairly common convention >for > > : hosting companies, often including www. so you'd see a directory >with > > the > > : client list like: > > > Now that you mention it, I seem to recall someone earlier mentioning >that > > if > > you name a directory with a .com extension, IIS assumes that what you > > really > > mean to do is call a file in it's parent directory with it's name and >the > > rest of the URL as parameters. > > > Hmm. HTH. > >mmm... I think you're right... Probably if the directory in question is >below the root of the website... i.e. if the site points to the root >directory of c:\clients\www.myclient.com you're fine, but you probably >run >into problems with c:\clients\www.myclients.com\cap.com where >www.myclients.com is the root directory... > >Isaac Dealey >Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > >www.turnkey.to >954-776-0046 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
