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A UNC path unambiguously specifies the location of a volume, directory, file or other local or remote resource on Windows.

On Windows, a UNC path specifies the location of a local or remote resource, including files, directories, volumes and more. UNC path generalize traditional file paths. A UNC path has the form \\Hostname\Folder\Resource. A UNCW path (long UNC) has the form \\?\UNC\Hostname\Folder\Resource.

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How to check if UNC path is DFS path?

Suppose I've got three UNC paths: \\it\may\be\samba\on\linux.txt \\maybe\its\on\windows\fileserver.txt \\and\that\one\is\dfs.txt How can I check (in c#) which one is a dfs mapping and which one isn't?
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Accessing files across the windows network with near MAX_PATH length

I'm using C++ and accessing a UNC path across the network. This path is slightly greater than MAX_PATH. So I cannot obtain a file handle. But if I run the program on the computer in question, the path is not greater than MAX_PATH. So I can get a…
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Powershell UNC Path not supported exception

Well I've struggled long enough with this one. I have a project to compare two folders, one on each of two servers. We are comparing files on the source server with those on the target server and will create a list of the files from the source…
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How to access the disks mapped through RDP from a service?

RDP has this fantastic ability to let export disks from remote user's workstation to the RDP server. As far as I can tell, it is not just a windows explorer trick, but all kinds of programs can use the shortcuts "X:", "Y:", "Z:" etc... This stack…
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Best way to access a UNC path in C#

We are building an application that will be storing a lot of images. We have a virtualized environment at GoGrid.com and we were hoping to utilize their cloud storage. Not sure exactly how to word this, but if we (in our code) specify the unc path…
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Convert path to UNC path

I have tried this code to convert my path to UNC path: [DllImport("mpr.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] [return:MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] static extern int WNetGetUniversalName( string lpLocalPath, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int…
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Preventing UNC Share error at build time

At work we have a bunch of sites hosted on our development server. The folder containing all these sites is mapped as a network drive. In VisualStudio I open the root of the site as a WebSite and when I build the site I alwys get this error. Error…
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IOS - how to write file to network share?

i'm trying to create and write a file to a network share (smb). i have some data stored in an NSData object and need to write the content to a network share at \\media\file.xml any help or advise would be greatly appreciated! thanks!
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IIS 6 with wildcard mapping and UNC virtual directory problem

On our production servers (win 2003 with IIS6 and load balanced with an F5 BIGIP), we have a problem when introducing wildcardmapping on IIS6. We use .net Framework 3.5 SP1. The issue manifests itself as by the server only sometimes serving the…
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How to Open SQLite3 on Network Share in C# C-Sharp

I'm having trouble with a very simple C# program that opens two SQLite files and reads the contents. Program works fine (button1) when database file is on local machine, but I cannot get it to work (button2) when the file is on another LAN PC (both…
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How can I impersonate logged on user and get access to unc folders?

I'm having trouble impersonating logged on user and then access unc files. I have tried using this sample code: using System.Security.Principal; ... // Obtain the authenticated user's Identity WindowsIdentity winId =…
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Webpack 5 and support for UNC paths as output?

If I set the output.path property of my webpack config to a UNC path like \\COMPUTER-NAME\some-share I get the following error since webpack 5 (It used to work in webpack 4): C:\Temp\dbp\node_modules\webpack\lib\util\fs.js:121 throw…
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Oracle 18c external table importing csv file from UNC path

Preface This script has worked previously when importing a csv file into an external table when using a local path for the created directory (with a local drive like F:\stats) instead of a UNC path (\\station-1\...) Script CREATE OR REPLACE…
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Accessing UNC file share with credentials in Perl

I am trying to get a Perl scripts to access a file over UNC path using specified credentials. Is this possible? If not with Perl, what else could I use? Thanks -Jesse
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How to access windows mounted drive with Java?

I have a WD My Cloud at home. I can access it with my laptop from the file explorer just by typing Z:\path\to\image.jpg. I'm writing a Java program that would read the image content located on this little cloud. Here is my code: Path p…
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