Server.MapPath给出了错误的路径，在IIS服务器上运行时出现异常“不支持给定路径的格式”？

Question

Currently, I'm using the codes below to save a file to a directory on my website.

//save the file to the server
String savePath = Server.MapPath("..\\temp\\") + file;
FileUpload.PostedFile.SaveAs(savePath);

When I'm running the application on my computer, it returns the path:

"E:\\dotnet\\Project\\Implementation\\Source Code\\Project\\Project.UI\\temp\\Sample.csv"

However, when running on a real server, it throws exception:

System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported.

The expected path that I would like to have is "C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\Project\\temp".

Am I doing things correctly or not? If not then can someone explain to me the correct way to do this?

Answer 1

Server.MapPath maps a virtual path to a physical one on the server. If you replace your backslashes with forward-slashes you should be ok:

Server.MapPath("../temp/")

You can also use the root relative path:

Server.MapPath("~/temp/");