Check for folder. Why doesnt this work? (short)

[AlbertAguirre]

Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot

If fs.FolderExists("./images&quot = true Then
Response.Write("exists&quot
Else
Response.Write("does not exist&quot
End If

set fs=nothing


This code always returns false. Why?

 

[harmmeijer]

To get the path to the asp file you can use the following:
request.ServerVariables("APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH&quot
I am sure there is a better way but here I made loop wich goes back one directory each time:
Response.Write request.ServerVariables(&quot;APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH&quot & &quot;<br>&quot;
path = request.ServerVariables(&quot;APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH&quot
notroot = true
do while notroot
if instr(1,path,&quot;\&quot then
path = mid(path,1,INSTRREV(path,&quot;\&quot;,len(path)-1,vbtextcompare))
Response.Write path & &quot;<br>&quot;
else
notroot = false
end if
loop

 

[AlbertAguirre]

I'm not trying to get the path to an ASP file. I need to know if that folder (directory) exsists. I then need to loop through the file list i that folder and do some work.

I dont understand why that code I provided above does not work...

 

[motte]

Albert,

From what I am seeing and from what I know, you need to find the physical path before you check if the folder exists. harmmeijer is pretty much correct. Try to get the physical path, add on the path to the subfolder. Once you get all of that, check to see if it exists. I do not think you can check on a relative path.

Mike

 

[AlbertAguirre]

Will try it. Thanks guys!

 

[jonscott8]

The FSO will accept relative paths.

Replace the slash with a backslash:
If fs.FolderExists(&quot;.\images&quot = true Then Jon Hawkins

 

[AlbertAguirre]

Jon Hawkins, that does not work.

 

[DirtyB]

I use this and it works just fine:

Set objFS = Server.CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot

If (Not objfs.FolderExists(Server.MapPath(&quot;.&quot& &quot;/x/&quot; & y & &quot;/&quot; & &quot;z&quot;
Then
objfs.CreateFolder (Server.MapPath(&quot;.&quot & &quot;/x/&quot; & y & &quot;/&quot; & &quot;z&quot
End If

 

[AlbertAguirre]

Yes I tried it too and it does work. Thanks.
In my previous post I was referring to the backslash message. Simply changing it did not work. I had to create the object as you instructed.

By the way, how do I list specific file in that directory. For instance, if I want to list only files starting with the pattern &quot;t_&quot;?