Hmmm... That's odd. I would use your terminal program, then change directory to the location of the file, and do "pwd". That should give you your working directory. If you can get to it on OSX, and PHP is on OSX, then PHP should be able to see the file in the same path. -- Ray Hauge Programmer/Systems Administrator American Student Loan Services www.americanstudentloan.com 1.800.575.1099 On Tuesday 12 September 2006 16:51, Rahul S. Johari wrote: > As a matter of fact... I'm trying to do file_exists...and it says the file > does not exist in the given location... And that's because my path isn't > correct. I just don't know what path I need to specify for a shared server > folder on a mac os x. > > On 9/12/06 5:53 PM, "Ray Hauge" <ray.hauge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 16:45, Rahul S. Johari wrote: > >> If I hit 'Get Info' on the share folder, a file within that folder, or > >> even the DBF I'm trying to open... Mac OS X tells me that I have 'Read & > >> Write' access to it. Basically All permissions have been provided to the > >> Mac OS X user for that share. > >> > >> This is the error I get: > >> Warning: dbase_open() [function.dbase-open]: unable to open database > >> /Volumes/foresight/2qc0831.dbf in > >> /Library/WebServer/Documents/site.com/folder/file.php on line 29 > >> > >> On 9/12/06 5:46 PM, "Ray Hauge" <ray.hauge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> On Tuesday 12 September 2006 16:33, Rahul S. Johari wrote: > >>>> In my Windows 2003 Server I've given the Mac OS X user all the > >>>> permissions possible for that Share. > >>>> > >>>> Is there something I have to do in php as far as permissions are > >>>> concerned? > >>>> > >>>> On 9/12/06 5:31 PM, "John Nichel" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> Rahul S. Johari wrote: > >>>>>> Ave, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I¹m getting really frustrated with this. How do I get PHP to > >>>>>> open/read a file which is on a Share, mounted on Mac OS X. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> My Mac OS X is connected to a Windows 2003 Server... A Shared Folder > >>>>>> remains mounted on my Mac OS X and I need PHP to read a file off > >>>>>> that share. But it won¹t! I just can¹t get the path to work!! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I¹ve tried ³/Volumes/Server/file.dbf² ..... I¹ve tried to create > >>>>>> Aliases (shortcuts)... But nothing seems to work! What¹s the trick? > >>>>>> How can I get this to work? Any suggestions? > >>>>> > >>>>> Permissions? > >>>> > >>>> Rahul S. Johari > >>>> Supervisor, Internet & Administration > >>>> Informed Marketing Services Inc. > >>>> 500 Federal Street, Suite 201 > >>>> Troy NY 12180 > >>>> > >>>> Tel: (518) 687-6700 x154 > >>>> Fax: (518) 687-6799 > >>>> Email: rahul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> http://www.informed-sources.com > >>> > >>> This may be due to my huge lack of experience with Mac OSX, but I would > >>> think it has its own permissions for files. I'm not sure if they stuck > >>> with the BSD type file permissions or implemented their own. I'd check > >>> that first. > >>> > >>> If that doesn't work, what is the error that you get? "Access Denied"? > >> > >> Rahul S. Johari > >> Supervisor, Internet & Administration > >> Informed Marketing Services Inc. > >> 500 Federal Street, Suite 201 > >> Troy NY 12180 > >> > >> Tel: (518) 687-6700 x154 > >> Fax: (518) 687-6799 > >> Email: rahul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> http://www.informed-sources.com > > > > Out of curiosity, can you do an fopen() on it? Maybe something happened > > to the structure of the file... > > Rahul S. Johari > Supervisor, Internet & Administration > Informed Marketing Services Inc. > 500 Federal Street, Suite 201 > Troy NY 12180 > > Tel: (518) 687-6700 x154 > Fax: (518) 687-6799 > Email: rahul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.informed-sources.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
