MKDIR And UNC

[Thanh Ha Hua]

Hi,
I am currently using PBDOS 2.1 and trying to create a folder with a UNC path.
What I am trying to do is this:
mkdir \\server\name
I am getting an error when doing this. Is there any way(s) around this as I do not want to map the network drive? Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Davide Vecchi]

It works fine for me. I have PB/DOS 3.5 and Win2K, but i don' t think this makes a difference.
Did you put the double quotes around the path, like in

MKDIR "\\server\name"

?

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Davide Vecchi
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[Tom Hanlin]

The syntax for an UNC path is "\\server\share\path". You can't use
MKDIR to create either a server or a share-- those must already exist.
You can create the path portion, if you have the necessary rights
to create a path in the \\server\share heirarchy.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Davide Vecchi]

Ah, right, sorry. What had worked for me was

MKDIR "\\SERVER\NAME\FOLDER"

. I had focused on whether UNC can be used instead of mapped network drive and didn't use the same path of the question.

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Davide Vecchi
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