Changeset 680

Timestamp:

09/25/05 18:43:31

Author:

fumanchu

Message:

Closes #324 (wontfix). Added more extensive comment regarding relative paths for cptools.serveFile.

Files:

• trunk/cherrypy/lib/cptools.py (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/cherrypy/lib/cptools.py

@@ -226 +226 @@
-    
-    # If path is relative, make absolute using cherrypy.root's module.
+    # If there is no cherrypy.root, or it doesn't have a __module__
+    # attribute, then users should fix the issue by making path absolute.
+    # That is, CherryPy should not guess where the application root is
+    # any further than trying cherrypy.root.__module__, and it certainly
+    # should *not* use cwd (since CP may be invoked from a variety of
+    # paths). If using staticFilter, you can make your relative paths
+    # become absolute by supplying a value for "staticFilter.root".
-    if not os.path.isabs(path):
-        root = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[cherrypy.root.__module__].__file__)