[Zope] import folder at other place than root

[Chris McDonough]

Peter, you can change this in the Python file
lib/python/OFS/ObjectManager.py here:

    def manage_importObject(self, file, REQUEST=None):
        """Import an object from a file"""
        dirname, file=os.path.split(file)
        if dirname:
            raise 'Bad Request', 'Invalid file name %s' % file
        file=os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'import', file)
        if not os.path.exists(file):
            raise 'Bad Request', 'File does not exist: %s' % file

change the line that says "file = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'import',
file) to the location you'd like the file to be imported from.  the
INSTANCE_HOME variable points at the root dir of the zope install. 
Change it to something else... for more info, read the Python docs on
"os.path" at http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-os.path.html

peter be wrote:
> 
> Is it possible and how to change the folder that the Zope interface use for importing zexp files?
> 
> I "host" friends on my Zope site, but I can't let them have access to my import folder which is in C:\Program\Zopesite\import
> At the moment my friends have to email me their zexp files, if they for example want to upload something they've been working on locally.
> 
> Can I not edit the line where the Zope source code says that it expects zexp files from.
> Ex.
> From:
> importfolder = C:\Program\Zopesite\import
> To:
> importfolder = D:\otherdomain\or\host\folder
> Or:
> importfolder = "http://www.hostfriends.com/zopeimport"
> 
> Ideas?
> 
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