In the case of using / to mean the root of your site, this works if you have no "/" mapping (e.g. <cfinclude template="/includes/myfile.cfm">). Which implies that CF does know about your IIS settings, otherwise how would it know the root of your site ? Russ
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 December 2006 05:59 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: path outside webroot > I indeed can, but I don't get why expandpath('/') returns something > completely different than expandpath('.') especially if, like you > said, CF doesn't know anything about my IIS setup... Slashes are resolved using mappings, as per the docs. Dots are resolved using the current location on the filesystem. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:262855 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
