Absolute file path to relative URL - c#

Question

I've seen lots of tutorials on resolving a relative url to an absolute path, but i want to do the opposite: resolve an system absolute filepath into a relative url.

Is there a nice hack-free way to turn a filepath like c:\my_website_root\images\picture_a.jpg into images/picture_a.jpg

I've had a look at Uri.MakeRelative() but i dont think it will be of use in this case.

Edit: I've implemented it like this, still seems hacky (esp line#2)

        var urlPath = new Uri(@"c:\mywebfolder\images\picture1.jpg");
        var urlRoot = new Uri(Server.MapPath("~")+"/");
        string relative = urlRoot.MakeRelativeUri(urlPath).ToString();

Answer 1

This should help you, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3164/asp-net-absolute-path-back-to-web-relative-path

Answer 2

In IIS, setup a virtual directory images and point it to c:\my_website_root\images\.

If your website is already directing to c:\my_website_root\, you don't need to do anything.

Answer 3

Try this:

Server.MapPath("c:\my_website_root\images\picture_a.jpg")