Extending application.cfc in a subdirectory

Question

I have the following two files and would like the second to extend the first:

1. wwwroot\\site\\application.cfc
2. wwwroot\\site\\dir\\application.cfc

Answer 1

I know this is an old topic, but I found a way to do it (that seems to work in my testing) without using the CF Administrator mappings.

You can do this by adding a per-application mapping in your child Application.cfc using an expanded relative path:

Yeah, it feels little hacky, but it seems to work.