Using UNC paths

[jackiezachman]

I have created a windows service which reads/writes data to files. I have no problems when the files are local to the computer on which the service is running. However, I would like to be able to access files on another computer on the network. Using a mapped network drive does not work because the windows service does not have access to the mapped drive.

Can I use UNC file paths instead of mapped network drives? I use a lot of objects in the CommonFileSystem application. Do they support UNC file paths? For example, how would I test for the existence of a folder or file? I currently use CfsStat stat: 'localfilepath'.

Is there support for reading directories, searching for filenames, opening files, etc. using UNC paths and will it work running as an NT service?

I am running IBM Smalltalk 7.0.

[marten]

I have created a windows service which reads/writes data to files. I have no problems when the files are local to the computer on which the service is running. However, I would like to be able to access files on another computer on the network. Using a mapped network drive does not work because the windows service does not have access to the mapped drive.

Can I use UNC file paths instead of mapped network drives? I use a lot of objects in the CommonFileSystem application. Do they support UNC file paths? For example, how would I test for the existence of a folder or file? I currently use CfsStat stat: 'localfilepath'.

Is there support for reading directories, searching for filenames, opening files, etc. using UNC paths and will it work running as an NT service?

I am running IBM Smalltalk 7.0.

They should work, but running as NT service may leads to access right problems - the service perhaps runs under a different account - but this is
a different problem and yes, even a windows service should be able to have access to mapped drives - if the services does itselfs the mapping.

Marten