Well, I'd create a python expression to first reverse the string, then un-reverse it while scanning for a "/,\,:" and stop. Thanks, Derek Wilson -----Original Message----- From: J Cameron Cooper [mailto:jccooper@jcameroncooper.com] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:00 PM To: Mark Barratt Cc: ZOPE ZOPE mailingliste Subject: Re: [Zope] Pathnames in uploaded files Mark Barratt wrote:

I have a dialogue that uploads files to LocalFS. When I upload a file from my Windows machine it uploads filename.ext. When another person uploads a file from their Windows machine it uploads a file called \\complete\path\to\filename.ext.

Any idea why this should be?

It shouldn't be. But IE in at least some popular incarnations uploads the entire path of the file as a name. Naturally, this is against considerations of privacy, security, and interoperability. (Plus, probably, standards compliance.)

And how to stop it?

Glibly, use a browser that isn't broken. There are work-arounds, of course, and you can find them on the list (or simply think up a simple Python expression that will fix this.) But it's very hard to make a universal solution to the problem because of the wide variety of path notations. --jcc -- "Code generators follow the 80/20 rule. They solve most of the problems, but not all of the problems. There are always features and edge cases that will need hand-coding. Even if code generation could build 100 percent of the application, there will still be an endless supply of boring meetings about feature design." (http://www.devx.com/java/editorial/15511) _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )