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Posted to modules-dev@httpd.apache.org by Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se> on 2009/03/22 11:24:12 UTC
path problem
Hi!
I want to get the path in a module I've created but I have some kind of
problem with it. It just works like the ordinary "pwd", and in 30% of the
cases it works like it should, but in the rest, it doesn't return anything
at all.
if ((buffad = (char *)malloc((size_t)sizead)) != NULL)
ptrad = getcwd(buffad, (size_t)sizead);
That is the call that is made, and buffed is a char *, as well as ptrad.
sizead is a long.
Can this be a problem with permissions or something? The only cases that it
do work for is when theres a more advanced script that is called, such as a
forum or a blog (phpbb or wordpress in example). For normal, static html
pages, it just returns "/" instead of the real path.
I've checked all the paths by writing each request to a file so I manually
can check them. I can't see why it should have anything to do with
permissions, but since it does work in some cases but not all, that's my
first thought.
I would love all kind of help here! Feel free to ask anything, I'll try to
answer as good as I can!
I've tried on all kind of forums, irc-networks and mailing lists with no
luck, but I guess this is the "right" place :)
RE: path problem
Posted by Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se>.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sorin Manolache [mailto:sorinm@gmail.com]
Sent: den 22 mars 2009 22:20
To: modules-dev@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: path problem
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 22:05, Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sorin Manolache [mailto:sorinm@gmail.com]
> Sent: den 22 mars 2009 19:57
> To: modules-dev@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: Re: path problem
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:24, Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se>
wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I want to get the path in a module I've created but I have some kind of
>> problem with it. It just works like the ordinary "pwd", and in 30% of the
>> cases it works like it should, but in the rest, it doesn't return
anything
>> at all.
>>
>> if ((buffad = (char *)malloc((size_t)sizead)) != NULL)
>> ptrad = getcwd(buffad, (size_t)sizead);
>>
>> That is the call that is made, and buffed is a char *, as well as ptrad.
>> sizead is a long.
>>
>> Can this be a problem with permissions or something? The only cases that
> it
>> do work for is when theres a more advanced script that is called, such as
> a
>> forum or a blog (phpbb or wordpress in example). For normal, static html
>> pages, it just returns "/" instead of the real path.
>>
>> I've checked all the paths by writing each request to a file so I
manually
>> can check them. I can't see why it should have anything to do with
>> permissions, but since it does work in some cases but not all, that's my
>> first thought.
>>
>> I would love all kind of help here! Feel free to ask anything, I'll try
to
>> answer as good as I can!
>>
>> I've tried on all kind of forums, irc-networks and mailing lists with no
>> luck, but I guess this is the "right" place :)
>
> Hello,
>
> getcwd returns the working directory of the apache process. It has
> nothing to do with modules.
>
> A process may work in any directory. If, after it starts running, the
> process performs a chdir(whatever_existing_dir) system call, all
> subsequent calls to getcwd will return whatever_existing_dir. You can
> see the working directory of a process with process ID x by running
>
> ls -l /proc/x/cwd
>
> Which path do you want to get? The path of the served file?
>
> S
>
> --
> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> --------
>
> I'm sorry if I wasn't clear with my question! I want the path of the
served
> file and the problem is that it doesn't always returns the correct path,
> sometimes it just returns "/".
>
> In example, if the served file is domain.com/index.html, the path should
be
> /www/domain/a/b/c/abc/htdocs/index.html, but then without the index.html,
> since the directory path is just /www/domain/a/b/c/abc/htdocs/. That is
the
> structure I have now, but in most cases it doesn't work. As I said before,
> it looks like it works more often with forum software and blog software
then
> static content or non-complex php-scripts. I would really love to solve
> this, so thank you for answering so far:)
>
>
Please read again my previous answer why getcwd is not the solution.
Also read the man page of getcwd.
I think r->filename should be what you're looking for, where r is a
pointer to the request_rec of the currently served request. Pass
r->filename to dirname() (man 3 dirname) in order to extract the
directory name from the path of the served file.
Sorin
--
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
--------------------------------------------
Thank you very, very much. It was a much better solution and it works
perfectly. And now when I read your message once again, I do understand what
you meant why getcwd was the wrong choice, and also why It worked in more
complex scripts. Once again, thank you!
Re: path problem
Posted by Sorin Manolache <so...@gmail.com>.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 22:05, Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sorin Manolache [mailto:sorinm@gmail.com]
> Sent: den 22 mars 2009 19:57
> To: modules-dev@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: Re: path problem
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:24, Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I want to get the path in a module I've created but I have some kind of
>> problem with it. It just works like the ordinary "pwd", and in 30% of the
>> cases it works like it should, but in the rest, it doesn't return anything
>> at all.
>>
>> if ((buffad = (char *)malloc((size_t)sizead)) != NULL)
>> ptrad = getcwd(buffad, (size_t)sizead);
>>
>> That is the call that is made, and buffed is a char *, as well as ptrad.
>> sizead is a long.
>>
>> Can this be a problem with permissions or something? The only cases that
> it
>> do work for is when theres a more advanced script that is called, such as
> a
>> forum or a blog (phpbb or wordpress in example). For normal, static html
>> pages, it just returns "/" instead of the real path.
>>
>> I've checked all the paths by writing each request to a file so I manually
>> can check them. I can't see why it should have anything to do with
>> permissions, but since it does work in some cases but not all, that's my
>> first thought.
>>
>> I would love all kind of help here! Feel free to ask anything, I'll try to
>> answer as good as I can!
>>
>> I've tried on all kind of forums, irc-networks and mailing lists with no
>> luck, but I guess this is the "right" place :)
>
> Hello,
>
> getcwd returns the working directory of the apache process. It has
> nothing to do with modules.
>
> A process may work in any directory. If, after it starts running, the
> process performs a chdir(whatever_existing_dir) system call, all
> subsequent calls to getcwd will return whatever_existing_dir. You can
> see the working directory of a process with process ID x by running
>
> ls -l /proc/x/cwd
>
> Which path do you want to get? The path of the served file?
>
> S
>
> --
> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> --------
>
> I'm sorry if I wasn't clear with my question! I want the path of the served
> file and the problem is that it doesn't always returns the correct path,
> sometimes it just returns "/".
>
> In example, if the served file is domain.com/index.html, the path should be
> /www/domain/a/b/c/abc/htdocs/index.html, but then without the index.html,
> since the directory path is just /www/domain/a/b/c/abc/htdocs/. That is the
> structure I have now, but in most cases it doesn't work. As I said before,
> it looks like it works more often with forum software and blog software then
> static content or non-complex php-scripts. I would really love to solve
> this, so thank you for answering so far:)
>
>
Please read again my previous answer why getcwd is not the solution.
Also read the man page of getcwd.
I think r->filename should be what you're looking for, where r is a
pointer to the request_rec of the currently served request. Pass
r->filename to dirname() (man 3 dirname) in order to extract the
directory name from the path of the served file.
Sorin
--
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
RE: path problem
Posted by Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se>.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sorin Manolache [mailto:sorinm@gmail.com]
Sent: den 22 mars 2009 19:57
To: modules-dev@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: path problem
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:24, Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to get the path in a module I've created but I have some kind of
> problem with it. It just works like the ordinary "pwd", and in 30% of the
> cases it works like it should, but in the rest, it doesn't return anything
> at all.
>
> if ((buffad = (char *)malloc((size_t)sizead)) != NULL)
> ptrad = getcwd(buffad, (size_t)sizead);
>
> That is the call that is made, and buffed is a char *, as well as ptrad.
> sizead is a long.
>
> Can this be a problem with permissions or something? The only cases that
it
> do work for is when theres a more advanced script that is called, such as
a
> forum or a blog (phpbb or wordpress in example). For normal, static html
> pages, it just returns "/" instead of the real path.
>
> I've checked all the paths by writing each request to a file so I manually
> can check them. I can't see why it should have anything to do with
> permissions, but since it does work in some cases but not all, that's my
> first thought.
>
> I would love all kind of help here! Feel free to ask anything, I'll try to
> answer as good as I can!
>
> I've tried on all kind of forums, irc-networks and mailing lists with no
> luck, but I guess this is the "right" place :)
Hello,
getcwd returns the working directory of the apache process. It has
nothing to do with modules.
A process may work in any directory. If, after it starts running, the
process performs a chdir(whatever_existing_dir) system call, all
subsequent calls to getcwd will return whatever_existing_dir. You can
see the working directory of a process with process ID x by running
ls -l /proc/x/cwd
Which path do you want to get? The path of the served file?
S
--
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
--------
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear with my question! I want the path of the served
file and the problem is that it doesn't always returns the correct path,
sometimes it just returns "/".
In example, if the served file is domain.com/index.html, the path should be
/www/domain/a/b/c/abc/htdocs/index.html, but then without the index.html,
since the directory path is just /www/domain/a/b/c/abc/htdocs/. That is the
structure I have now, but in most cases it doesn't work. As I said before,
it looks like it works more often with forum software and blog software then
static content or non-complex php-scripts. I would really love to solve
this, so thank you for answering so far:)
Re: path problem
Posted by Sorin Manolache <so...@gmail.com>.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:24, Alexander Hjalmarsson <hj...@sgh.se> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to get the path in a module I've created but I have some kind of
> problem with it. It just works like the ordinary "pwd", and in 30% of the
> cases it works like it should, but in the rest, it doesn't return anything
> at all.
>
> if ((buffad = (char *)malloc((size_t)sizead)) != NULL)
> ptrad = getcwd(buffad, (size_t)sizead);
>
> That is the call that is made, and buffed is a char *, as well as ptrad.
> sizead is a long.
>
> Can this be a problem with permissions or something? The only cases that it
> do work for is when theres a more advanced script that is called, such as a
> forum or a blog (phpbb or wordpress in example). For normal, static html
> pages, it just returns "/" instead of the real path.
>
> I've checked all the paths by writing each request to a file so I manually
> can check them. I can't see why it should have anything to do with
> permissions, but since it does work in some cases but not all, that's my
> first thought.
>
> I would love all kind of help here! Feel free to ask anything, I'll try to
> answer as good as I can!
>
> I've tried on all kind of forums, irc-networks and mailing lists with no
> luck, but I guess this is the "right" place :)
Hello,
getcwd returns the working directory of the apache process. It has
nothing to do with modules.
A process may work in any directory. If, after it starts running, the
process performs a chdir(whatever_existing_dir) system call, all
subsequent calls to getcwd will return whatever_existing_dir. You can
see the working directory of a process with process ID x by running
ls -l /proc/x/cwd
Which path do you want to get? The path of the served file?
S
--
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?