Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'that?': 0.05; 'only,': 0.07; 'scripts': 0.09; 'python': 0.09; 'cc:addr:googlegroups.com': 0.09; 'forcing': 0.09; 'friday,': 0.09; 'path.': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'template': 0.11; 'charset:iso-8859-7': 0.15; 'helps.': 0.16; 'index.html': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'detect': 0.17; 'thu,': 0.17; 'jan': 0.18; '>>>': 0.18; 'variable': 0.20; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.20; 'trying': 0.21; 'import': 0.21; '>>>': 0.22; '>': 0.23; 'absolute': 0.23; 'user.': 0.23; 'seems': 0.23; 'linux': 0.24; 'script': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'am,': 0.27; 'cc:2**2': 0.27; 'skip:& 60': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'post': 0.28; 'environment': 0.29; 'host.': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'probably': 0.29; 'folder': 0.30; 'framework': 0.30; 'relative': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'point': 0.31; 'you?': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'skip:d 20': 0.34; "can't": 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'exist': 0.35; 'path': 0.35; 'open': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'skip:o 20': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'page': 0.38; 'called': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'back': 0.62; 'export': 0.62; 'details': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'within': 0.64; 'home': 0.66; 'smith': 0.71; 'article': 0.78; '2013': 0.84; 'itself?': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=U/nv77zxk/uaadZuJSi9Bjub/HkZTIIv1GNvZRAS7Nk=; b=ucobJPlIzE6+yb0DlaMJrDUDzUtvyJMVHJoiw82KMXLF0g/7b5JHOpROGllVl2Aqh8 GWZZj6fg+DFDwEcr7yYSx8RuikQjEyUbvK4eaiw9KGjezkiPnxZ/66qFHnosD95nE+pa K3qMskq9yhPeFlahSO7KQm6RkmcKm5bhJQfNPSTNsU2QU9P0WoCGuZ6VICIFYoR+4mj/ QYqxaFy2H/IoXslyuL/fXetQ6Y44OkLRwkHz5VsosT0DXtj6nY3wabOK0s1GrTucJuZi IORLIhJJ7nq1qcmwXw2CRgyfI1i7jMqwV1MkLaG05j+d7/f5ieZxvMPS76Nrl9hEQjFQ 33DQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.239.99 with SMTP id vr3mr5346725pbc.154.1358516507776; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:41:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <10ebf68d-12f9-46d6-be50-6c314500302d@googlegroups.com> References: <339d9d6d-b000-4cf3-8534-375e0c44b2ca@googlegroups.com> <10ebf68d-12f9-46d6-be50-6c314500302d@googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:41:47 -0500 Subject: Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot From: Rodrick Brown To: Ferrous Cranus Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b33d8d2de17da04d390459d Cc: Roy Smith , "python-list@python.org" , "comp.lang.python@googlegroups.com" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 191 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1358516516 news.xs4all.nl 6928 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59301 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:36998 --047d7b33d8d2de17da04d390459d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday, January 18, 2013, Ferrous Cranus wrote: > =D4=E7 =D0=DD=EC=F0=F4=E7, 17 =C9=E1=ED=EF=F5=E1=F1=DF=EF=F5 2013 5:14:19= =EC.=EC. UTC+2, =EF =F7=F1=DE=F3=F4=E7=F2 Joel Goldstick > =DD=E3=F1=E1=F8=E5: > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Roy Smith > > wrote: > > > > In article <339d9d6d-b000-4cf3-8534-375e0c44b2ca@googlegroups.com > >, > > > > > > > > Ferrous Cranus > wrote: > > > > > > > > > When trying to open an html template within Python script i use a > relative > > > > > path to say go one folder back and open index.html > > > > > > > > > > f =3D open( '../' + page ) > > > > > > > > > > How to say the same thing in an absolute way by forcing Python to > detect > > > > > DocumentRoot by itself? > > $ export DOCUMENT_ROOT=3D${HOME}/public _html Then from python os.environ['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] will have the relative path. I hope this helps. > > > > > > Can you give us more details of what you're doing. Is there some web > > > > framework you're using? Can you post some code that's not working for > > > > you? > > > > -- > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > > > > > Import os > > > > Then read os.environ['HOME'] > > > > > > This will give you the home directory of the user. in my case: > > > > > > >>> os.environ['HOME'] > > '/home/jcg' > > >>> > > > > > > This is probably linux only, but that seems to be the environment you > are working in . > > Yes my Python scripts exist in a linux web host. > > os.environ['HOME'] will indeed give the home directory of the user. > > to me /home/nikos/ > > but i want a variable to point to > > /home/nikos/public_html whice is called DocumentRoot. > > is there avariable for that? i can't seem to find any... > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > --047d7b33d8d2de17da04d390459d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Friday, January 18, 2013, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
=D4=E7 =D0=DD=EC=F0=F4=E7, 17 =C9=E1=ED=EF=F5=E1=F1=DF= =EF=F5 2013 5:14:19 =EC.=EC. UTC+2, =EF =F7=F1=DE=F3=F4=E7=F2 Joel Goldstic= k =DD=E3=F1=E1=F8=E5:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Roy Smith <r...@pani= x.com> wrote:
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> In article <33= 9d9d6d-b000-4cf3-8534-375e0c44b2ca@googlegroups.com>,
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> =A0Ferrous Cranus <nikos...@gmail.com> wro= te:
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> > When trying to open an html template within Python script i use a= relative
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> > path to say go one folder back and open index.html
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> > f =3D open( '../' + page )
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> > How to say the same thing in an absolute way by forcing Python to= detect
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> > DocumentRoot by itself?
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$ export DOCUMENT_ROOT=3D${HOME}/publi= c _html

Then from python os.environ['DOCUMENT_= ROOT'] will have the relative path.

I hope thi= s helps.
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> Can you give us more details of what you're doing. =A0Is there som= e web
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> framework you're using? =A0Can you post some code that's not w= orking for
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> you?
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> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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> Import os
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> Then read os.environ['HOME']
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> This will give you the home directory of the user.=A0 in my case:
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> >>> os.environ['HOME']
> '/home/jcg'
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> This is probably linux only, but that seems to be the environment you = are working in .

Yes my Python scripts exist in a linux web host.

os.environ['HOME'] will indeed give the home directory of the user.=

to me /home/nikos/

but i want a variable to point to

/home/nikos/public_html whice is called DocumentRoot.

is there avariable for that? i can't seem to find any...
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