what is server.mappath(".") in asp.net

What is server.MapPath() in asp.net. Can any o开发者_StackOverflowne please explain with example written in Vb.net

Thank you

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Server.MapPath(".") represents the current request absolute path, so if Server.MapPath("~") equals c:\wwwroot which represents the site root and the current request is /foo then Server.MapPath(".") will return c:\wwwroot\foo.

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For detailed explanation, read Making Sense of ASP.NET Paths by Rick Strahl