[Mono-dev] R: System.IO.Path: inconsistent paths from Windowsclients

[Robert Jordan]

subscription.sapi wrote:
> Yes. We'are porting a WEB application from windows to linux+mono.
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> Yes, on linux the directory separator is "/", but if a Windows client is connected on web page on linux+mono+apache server, and a web page allow for file uploads: probably mono server should be platform independent or we should distinguish at "application level" between web Linux clients or web Microsoft clients.


BTW, you should *not* rely on PostedFile.FileName. It's rather
informative and it might even contain bogus data.

What happens to your app if, for example, a MacOS 9 browser is
sending colon separated file names? Under Windows the app
will throw an exception.

Robert

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> A test case listing is below (server side code on a web application):
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> string FileName=myFile.PostedFile.FileName;
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> Label1.Text= "dir sep: "+Path.DirectorySeparatorChar+"<br>";
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> Label1.Text+= "pat sep: "+Path.PathSeparator+"<br>";
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> // Prendo solo il nome del file senza il percorso.
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> Label1.Text+= "0"+myFile.PostedFile.FileName+"<br>";
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> Label1.Text+= "1"+Path.GetFileName(myFile.PostedFile.FileName)+"<br>";
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> Label1.Text+= "2"+Path.GetDirectoryName(myFile.PostedFile.FileName)+"<br>";
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> Label1.Text+= "3"+Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(myFile.PostedFile.FileName)+"<br>";
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> Label1.Text+= "4"+Path.GetPathRoot(myFile.PostedFile.FileName)+"<br>";
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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com] Per conto di Robert Jordan
> Inviato: lunedì 26 giugno 2006 17.42
> A: mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
> Oggetto: Re: [Mono-dev] System.IO.Path: inconsistent paths from Windowsclients
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> subscription.sapi wrote:
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>> I've different behavior in ms.net framework and mono framework when I
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>> use methods in "System.IO.Path" class.
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>> Test Case Description:
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> Next time please post the source code of your test case
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> along with a system description (Mono version, OS, etc.).
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>> MONO:
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>> Input path: D:\R&D\doc\jd\StandardJD.doc
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>> Output path: 
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>> Path.GetFileName
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>> D:\R&D\doc\jd\StandardJD.doc
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>> Path.GetDirectoryName                       
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>> Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension      D:\R&D\doc\jd\StandardJD
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>> Path.GetPathRoot                               
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> I cannot reproduce this with Mono 1.1.15 under Windows,
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> so you're probably testing under Linux.
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> The directory separator under Linux is '/' or
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> Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, so you have to flip the '\'.
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> Robert
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