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lee_is_me
Joined: 25 Jan 2009
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 Posted: Sun 25 Jan '09 23:21 Post subject: CGI and relative paths |
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Hi all, first time posting.
I have Apache 2.0 installed on my Windows Vista box and I am trying out some things for CGI development.
The problem is that I'm not sure how to format links inside of my HTTP docs. For instance, I have the following link defined in a generated document:
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
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The only way that the stylesheet is downloaded is if I place the forward slash in front of the file name for the style sheet.
If I put the style sheet in the same directory as the cgi, it doesn't work. I have to place the style sheet in the htdocs directory and append a foward class to the css file name like this:
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style.css" />
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This is fine for developing on my local machine but I am concerned that I will have problem when I upload the files to my hosted CPanel account.
Can someone shed some light on the relationship between the /cgi-bin directory and relative paths?
Thanks a bunch,
Lee |
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Mon 26 Jan '09 0:10 Post subject: |
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without the beginning slash, the stylesheet must be in the same folder as the html document.
with the slash in front, the stylesheet should be in the documentroot.
c:/apache2/cgi-bin <-- ScriptAlias
c:/apache2/cgi-bin/some.cgi
c:/apache2/htdocs <-- DocumentRoot
c:/apache2/htdocs/index.html
c:/apache2/htdocs/style.css
c:/apache2/htdocs/images/image.gif
c:/apache2/htdocs/faq/faqs.html
Index.html
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
<img src="images/image.gif" />
<a href="faq/faqs.html">FAQs</a>
<a href="cgi-bin/some.cgi">Some CGI Script</a>
faqs.html
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style.css" />
<img src="/images/image.gif" />
<a href="/index.html">Home</a>
<a href="/cgi-bin/some.cgi">Some CGI Script</a>
some.cgi
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style.css" />
<img src="/images/image.gif" />
<a href="/index.html">Home</a>
<a href="/faq/faqs.html">FAQs</a> |
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lee_is_me
Joined: 25 Jan 2009
Posts: 2
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| Posted: Mon 26 Jan '09 4:54 Post subject: |
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| glsmith wrote: | without the beginning slash, the stylesheet must be in the same folder as the html document.
with the slash in front, the stylesheet should be in the documentroot.
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Thank you. That was the problem that I ran into. I assumed that I could place the stylesheet in the same directory as the cgi app and not have to use the leading front slash, but that didn't seem to work.
Not a big deal if I have to place the CSS into the main or a sub directory of the main document root, just thought it was be easier to maintain if I could place the CSS in the same or actually, a sub directory of the cgi app.
Thanks again,
Lee |
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Mon 26 Jan '09 9:37 Post subject: |
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you can
c:/apache2/cgi-bin <-- ScriptAlias
c:/apache2/cgi-bin/some.cgi
c:/apache2/cgi-bin/css/style.css
some.cgi
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" />
Index.html
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="cgi-bin/css/style.css" />
faqs.html
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/cgi-bin/css/style.css" />
Below will NOT work faqs.html
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="cgi-bin/css/style.css" />
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no leadin slash = relative to the location of the calling document
leading slash = begin at docroot |
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