HTTP Server Root Folder

[placid]

Hi All,

I have this BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer that is located at C:\ (im on
Windows XP), when i run the program (httpserver.pyw) from the Run
Dialog as "C:\httpserver.pyw" the root folder ("\") for http server is
C:\, but when i add an entry to Registry Run so that it runs at boot
time, the root folder becomes "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>" ?

Does anyone know what the problem is?

Cheers

[Steve Holden]

placid wrote:

Hi All,

I have this BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer that is located at C:\ (im on
Windows XP), when i run the program (httpserver.pyw) from the Run
Dialog as "C:\httpserver.pyw" the root folder ("\") for http server is
C:\, but when i add an entry to Registry Run so that it runs at boot
time, the root folder becomes "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>" ?

Does anyone know what the problem is?

Yes. Rather obviously, these two different ways of running programs
assert different working directories for the program.

A simple way around this would be to have your program make an
os.chdir() call to ensure the correct working directory before it starts
the server.

regards
Steve
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