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Pass UNC Path to Dir command : visual basic 6.0Hi,
When I pass a UNC path to DIr command it errors out. Is there a way to use UNC path with Dir command? An early reply would be appreciated. Regards, Venugopal "Venugopal Vemuri" <VenugopalVem***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in Works fien for me; do you have access rights to the UNC path?message news:FECF8654-31A7-4B20-8C82-1349FD015D73@microsoft.com > Hi, > When I pass a UNC path to DIr command it errors out. Is there a > way to use UNC path with Dir command? An early reply would be > appreciated. Regards, -- Reply to the group so all can participate VB.Net: "Fool me once..." Hope you don't mind if I jump in here for a qiuck newbie question.
Just what does the ?acronym? UNC stand for? Or is it an acronym? Dale Show quote "Venugopal Vemuri" <VenugopalVem***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FECF8654-31A7-4B20-8C82-1349FD015D73@microsoft.com... > Hi, > When I pass a UNC path to DIr command it errors out. Is there a way to > use UNC path with Dir command? An early reply would be appreciated. > Regards, > Venugopal "Dale" <D-Man> wrote in message news:ONSJAMAWFHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... It stands for "Universal Naming Convention". In a nutshell, it's a format> Hope you don't mind if I jump in here for a qiuck newbie question. > > Just what does the ?acronym? UNC stand for? Or is it an acronym? for specifying a path on a networked PC (but strictly speaking, it's not required that the PC be part of a network, but there are few (if any) reasons to use UNC otherwise). Generally, it begins with 2 backslashes followed by the server name, a single backslash, then the shared folder name and another single backslash, and then any directories/subdirectories of that shared folder, and then possibly a file name. IOW, it might look something like this: \\myserver\mysharedfolder\dir1\dir2\filename.ext (don't click on that. OE automatically creates a link for a UNC path) -- Mike Microsoft MVP Visual Basic Mike
Duh, I knew that. I never equated the use of that term with the actual path. I learned something today. I asked the question because of a small program I wrote which errs once in a while. It does nothing on the network other than try to use a network drive via shell/dos prompt. The error usually happens in the afternoon. I figured it was probably a busy time for the server and didn't want to deal with lil ole me. Just typing out loud....... Show quote "MikeD" <nob***@nowhere.edu> wrote in message news:OUz1U7AWFHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > > "Dale" <D-Man> wrote in message > news:ONSJAMAWFHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >> Hope you don't mind if I jump in here for a qiuck newbie question. >> >> Just what does the ?acronym? UNC stand for? Or is it an acronym? > > It stands for "Universal Naming Convention". In a nutshell, it's a format > for specifying a path on a networked PC (but strictly speaking, it's not > required that the PC be part of a network, but there are few (if any) > reasons to use UNC otherwise). Generally, it begins with 2 > backslashes followed by the server name, a single backslash, then the > shared > folder name and another single backslash, and then any > directories/subdirectories of that shared folder, and then possibly a file > name. IOW, it might look something like this: > > \\myserver\mysharedfolder\dir1\dir2\filename.ext > > (don't click on that. OE automatically creates a link for a UNC path) > > > > -- > Mike > Microsoft MVP Visual Basic > >  |
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