Tilde (~) in Absolute Path

[JonTurlington]

I am receiving a System.IO.FileNotFoundException when attempting to access a path like "C:\Path\~somePath\Path\file.ext" it reports the error:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Path\~s'. File name: 'C:\Path\~s' at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)

 

[jmeckley]

tilde is for relative paths. you can map a relative path to an absoulte path using Server.MapPath example

Server.MapPath("~/directory/file.ext");

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190

 

[JonTurlington]

Yes sir, but there is a tilde in the AbsolutePath and it is not liking it. Is there any way to make it work?

 

[JonTurlington]

The path is being directly referred to by C:\Path\~somePath\Path\file.ext

There is a tilde in the path, it's not in any way meant to refer to it was relative.

 

[jmeckley]

not sure about that. is there anyway you can remove the non-alphanumeric characters from the path?

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190