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Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?
- To: David White <dwhite at vixel dot com>
- Subject: Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?
- From: Bob McGowan <rmcgowan at veritas dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:32:26 -0800
- CC: Cygwin <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: VERITAS Software
- References: <38D26374.E3BE2182@vixel.com>
David White wrote:
>
> Any pointers are appreciated...
>
> I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a shared
> drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC format
> \\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is there a
> special cygnus format for this sort of thing?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> David
>
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The same format appears to work (for Cygwin 1.0, CD), but you need to
quote it:
ls '\\system\directory'
There are probably some restrictions, such as needing to be in the same
domain...
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Bob McGowan
Staff Software Quality Engineer
VERITAS Software
rmcgowan@veritas.com
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