FileSystemObject createTextFile and relative paths

[Sean]

I have the following in a directory. I would like to have it create a
file in the following relative location. ie. up one level.

Dim fso, MyFile
Set fso = server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set MyFile = fso.CreateTextFile("..\testfile.txt", True)
MyFile.WriteLine("This is a test.")
MyFile.Close

Thanks in advance,
Sean

[Brian Andrus]

Use the server.mappath and strip it from there.

Brian
"Sean" <no...@here.now> wrote in message news:38F52DE7...@here.now...

[mdc]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:16:07 -0700, Sean <no...@here.now> wrote:

>I have the following in a directory. I would like to have it create a
>file in the following relative location. ie. up one level.
>
>Dim fso, MyFile
> Set fso = server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> Set MyFile = fso.CreateTextFile("..\testfile.txt", True)
> MyFile.WriteLine("This is a test.")
> MyFile.Close

You have to use a full filesystem path, not a relative URL, in
the FileSystemObject. Use Server.MapPath to convert the
relative path to a full one.

mdc

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[Sean]

When I use the below code with the complete path inserted, I get the
following error:

BEGIN ERROR
"c:\inetpu\wwwroot\a1\test.asp

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0046'

Permission denied

a1\test.asp, line 16 "
END ERROR

line 16 is the CreateTextFile line, and test.asp is the asp file that has
this block of code in it.

My question is, am I doing something wrong in my code to produce this
error, or is it a permission problem on the webserver as the error implies?
The reason that I ask is the webserver is maintained by someone else, and
he thinks that it is a fault in my code.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Sean

Below is my modified code to include the complete path:

Dim fso, MyFile
Set fso = server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set MyFile = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\inetpu\wwwroot\a1\testfile.txt", True)

MyFile.WriteLine("This is a test.")
MyFile.Close

The webserver is NT4, SP6 running IIS4 if that matters.

[Bob Bell]

Does the account IUSR_<server> have write access to that
directory ??

Sean <no...@here.now> wrote in article <38F62C1F...@here.now>...

[Sean]

Thanks much Bob. That is exactly what it was. I hate dealing with internal
bureaucracy!

Sean