reaching different directory on server

Question

I am developing a project on ASP.NET C#. I need to reach a folder which is located at "D://Records/" I tried Server.MapPath, but it did not help me.

Server.MapPath("../D/Records/");

How can I reach this location at C# side?

Thank you.

see this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/275781/server-mappath-server-mappath-server-mappath-server-mappath — Leigh Ciechanowski, Dec 24 '13 at 11:48
do you want to access D drive on client machoine or on server? you cant access it on client machine. — Masoumeh Karvar, Dec 24 '13 at 11:59

Sudhakar Tillapudi · Answer 1 · 2013-12-24T11:57:31.717

You can not access physical drives(like C: Drive,D: Drive ) from the client machine. instead of that create a dedicated folder for your files inside your project root folder and try accessing that.

ProjectRootFolder
        |
        |
     MyFiles  (create MyFiles Folder inside your project root folder)
        |
        |
        |--- file1.txt
        |--- file2.txt

Try This

String file1Path=Server.MapPath("~/MyFiles/file1.txt");

String file2Path=Server.MapPath("~/MyFiles/file2.txt");

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '13 at 11:48

You need to give virtual path instead of physical path

Path

Specifies the relative or virtual path to map to a physical directory. If Path starts with either a forward (/) or backward slash (), the MapPath method returns a path as if Path were a full, virtual path. If Path doesn't start with a slash, the MapPath method returns a path relative to the directory of the .asp file being processed.

To get the root path of site

Server.MapPath("~")

To get current director path

Server.MapPath(".")

To get the path of the parent directory

Server.MapPath("..")

reaching different directory on server

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