Django paths, developing in windows, deploying on linux

Question

I\'m developing Django apps on my local windows machine then deploying to a hosted linux server. The format for paths is different between the two and manually replacing before

Answer 1

Add

import os.path

BASE_PATH = os.path.dirname(__file__)

at the top of your settings file, and then use BASE_PATH everywhere you want to use a path relative to your Django project.

For example:

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'media')

(You need to use os.path.join(), instead of simply writing something like MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_PATH+'/media', because Unix joins directories using '/', while windows prefers '\')