When working with files and folders on the server it is important to be able to find the physical path. The Server.MapPath command will do this. It converts a relative path to a physical path.
Server.MapPath is easy to use to find the physical path of a file that is in the same folder as the script. It just takes that file name as a parameter. In our examples we are using Response.Write to display the paths but they could be used in another function or written to a variable for later use.
Response.Write Server.MapPath("filename")
filename would be the name and extension of the file, such as "somename.asp"
The following code will display the physical path to the folder containing the script that runs the code. It does not include a trailing backslash character.
Response.Write Server.MapPath(".")
The following code will display the physical path to the root of the web site.
Response.Write Server.MapPath("/")
Parent paths can be found using two dots (..) to navigate upwards in the directory structure.
Response.Write Server.MapPath("../filename.asp")
It is possible to block the use of parent paths in IIS if a server administrator does not want their users to have this functionality. More on this - here.
The sample code in these tutorials is written for VBScript in classic ASP unless otherwise stated. The code samples can be freely copied.
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