general/3692: Different DocumentRoot reported on different platforms

[Carsten Pedersen <ca...@bitbybit.dk>]

>Number:         3692
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Different DocumentRoot reported on different platforms
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 16 13:50:01 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     carsten.pedersen@bitbybit.dk
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3
>Environment:
Win95 OSR2 and Rapidsite/Apa-1.3.3 FrontPage on IRIX.
>Description:
(Note: This may just be a rephrasing of PR 3001 - I'm not smart enough to see
through that. If it is indeed the case, you're welcome to flame me...)

On Win95, I have set up Apache w/ DocumentRoot "X:" When accessing 
DocumentRoot through the script (PHP), it is reported as "x:/" 
(with the trailing slash). 

On the RapidSite setup, no trailing slash is reported in DocumentRoot (again, 
using PHP). I don't know the contents of the RapidSite .conf files

According to the PHP people, PHP never touches the DocumentRoot before passing
it on to the script.

The problem: As the Win32 version insists on adding the trailing slash, it's
hard to move documets w/ code across platforms.
>How-To-Repeat:
Using PHP and the Win95 setup defined above, create a one-line document 
containing "<? phpinfo() ?>"
>Fix:
Having/not having a trailing slash in DocumentRoot should be consistent
across platforms.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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