Even more weird, if I change the code to this:
private static readonly string mString = "tempUnzipDir" +
Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "anotherDir" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;

....

public static string ExtractToTempLocation(string aZip)
{
try
{
string tmp = Path.GetTempPath() + mString;
Directory.CreateDirectory(tmp);
// Extract the zip file
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}
}

I see the directory "tempUnzipDir" get created under the administrator's
temporary directory. However, the directory [administrator's temp
path]\tempUnzipDir\anotherDir does not get created. WTH??!!!



"Tom" <johnthompson1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:BDD91C65-40DD-433F-8932-18E1A089EE12@microsoft.com...
> This is really weird, but I have the following code:
>
> private static readonly string mString = "tempUnzipDir" +
> Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
>
> ...
>
> public static string ExtractToTempLocation(string aZip)
> {
> try
> {
> string tmp = Path.GetTempPath() + mString;
> Directory.CreateDirectory(tmp);
> // Extract the zip file
> }
> catch(Exception e)
> {
> }
> }
>
> The code above creates a temporary directory fine on my dev machine
> (Vista), but will not create a temp directory on my server (server 2K3 R2)
> when I move the code over the to server. I have some logging enabled that
> isn't shown in the code above, and it is definately pointing to the
> correct location of the temp directory to be created. Even more weird is
> that the call to Directory.CreateDirectory(tmp); does not throw any type
> of exception on the server. It just keeps executing as if it worked
> correctly. Does anybody have any ideas why this isn't working?
>
> Thanks.
>

Try using System.IO.Path.Combine() method instead of string concat.

"Tom" <johnthompson1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:61B35E73-2802-481A-BF57-5F1E87717663@microsoft.com...
> Even more weird, if I change the code to this:
> private static readonly string mString = "tempUnzipDir" +
> Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "anotherDir" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
>
> ...
>
> public static string ExtractToTempLocation(string aZip)
> {
> try
> {
> string tmp = Path.GetTempPath() + mString;
> Directory.CreateDirectory(tmp);
> // Extract the zip file
> }
> catch(Exception e)
> {
> }
> }
>
> I see the directory "tempUnzipDir" get created under the administrator's
> temporary directory. However, the directory [administrator's temp
> path]\tempUnzipDir\anotherDir does not get created. WTH??!!!
>
>
>
> "Tom" <johnthompson1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:BDD91C65-40DD-433F-8932-18E1A089EE12@microsoft.com...
>> This is really weird, but I have the following code:
>>
>> private static readonly string mString = "tempUnzipDir" +
>> Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
>>
>> ...
>>
>> public static string ExtractToTempLocation(string aZip)
>> {
>> try
>> {
>> string tmp = Path.GetTempPath() + mString;
>> Directory.CreateDirectory(tmp);
>> // Extract the zip file
>> }
>> catch(Exception e)
>> {
>> }
>> }
>>
>> The code above creates a temporary directory fine on my dev machine
>> (Vista), but will not create a temp directory on my server (server 2K3
>> R2) when I move the code over the to server. I have some logging enabled
>> that isn't shown in the code above, and it is definately pointing to the
>> correct location of the temp directory to be created. Even more weird is
>> that the call to Directory.CreateDirectory(tmp); does not throw any type
>> of exception on the server. It just keeps executing as if it worked
>> correctly. Does anybody have any ideas why this isn't working?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>