-Splitpath and UNC paths

[Lee Evans]

Pardon my ignorance but I wondered if the splitpath UDF returns the correct value for the drive section using the attached as an example

#include <file.au3>
#include <array.au3>
Dim $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt
$TestPath = _PathSplit("\\Lee\Drive-c\dev\version\file.txt", $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt)
_ArrayDisplay($TestPath,"Demo _PathSplit()")

This gives a return of

[0] = \\Lee\Drive-c\dev\version\file.txt = Full path

[1] = \\Lee = Drive

[2] = \Drive-c\dev\version\ = Directory

[3] = file = filename

[4] = .txt = File extension

But is the drive in this case really just \\Lee isn't it \\Lee\Drive-c?

Sorry I am new to UNC paths and any enlightment would be greatly received. I am scripting an application which has just added UNC path support and need to update some of my scripts and just wanted to get my head around the UNC paths that I might encounter.

[The Kandie Man]

Pardon my ignorance but I wondered if the splitpath UDF returns the correct value for the drive section using the attached as an example

#include <file.au3>
#include <array.au3>
Dim $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt
$TestPath = _PathSplit("\\Lee\Drive-c\dev\version\file.txt", $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt)
_ArrayDisplay($TestPath,"Demo _PathSplit()")

This gives a return of

[0] = \\Lee\Drive-c\dev\version\file.txt = Full path

[1] = \\Lee = Drive

[2] = \Drive-c\dev\version\ = Directory

[3] = file = filename

[4] = .txt = File extension

But is the drive in this case really just \\Lee isn't it \\Lee\Drive-c?

Sorry I am new to UNC paths and any enlightment would be greatly received. I am scripting an application which has just added UNC path support and need to update some of my scripts and just wanted to get my head around the UNC paths that I might encounter.

Yes it gives the correct value. \\Lee is the name of the computer that is being accessed. Essentially accessing it is similar to accessing a drive. It wouldn't be \\Lee\Drive-c because the Drive-c folder, though it may be a drive on the computer you are accessing, is not a drive of the current computer itself. As a result it appears as a subfolder of the remote \\Lee computer because to the computer that you are currently running, the remote lee computer is like a drive. The actual physical drives of the remote lee computer therefore don't have any merit to the computer that is accessing the remote computer or its drives and the drives of the remote computer simply appear as subfolders.

I hope that made sense.

Edited December 8, 2006 by The Kandie Man

[Rick]

easiest way i did it in a script was if beginning of path = "\\" then drivemapadd

do yer stuff, then drivemapdelete what you created

for example.......

if Stringleft($TestPath2) = "\\" then $Path=DriveMapAdd("*:", $Path) ; creates a driveletter

do yer stuff then

if Stringleft($TestPath2) = "\\" then DriveMapDel($Path); to remove it

hope that helps , its all in the help

Edited December 8, 2006 by Rick

[Lee Evans]

Thanks for the above they both helped