Isnt there a way of evaluating a mapped drive as if it were a network (UNC) path? I thought i remembered seeing a Microsoft namespace structure for allowing access to that information, could be wrong.
@jtaylor, Without knowing the filepaths, only way to do so would be do a blend of checksum and meta-data checks. Problem is: Even though the two files maybe similar, they may not necessarily be the same. I would portentially build a checksum of the two files based on Name (nopath), Creation, Last Modified, and Size. If that the two file checksums are the same, then you have 80-90% chance that the two files are the same. Ultimately, there is no way of knowing 100% if the two files are the same. Going forward, one little used aspect of every single File reported (shown) by Windows (all version) are some extended properties (meta- data) that can be utilized to create a situation where you can easily handle this problem. But until such time as you utilize the meta-data aspect of a file, there is no guaranteed approach to comparing two or more files. On Feb 5, 11:55 pm, Cerebrus <zorg...@sify.com> wrote: > Checksums would be identical if the files are copies of each other. > Does not mean that the paths point to the same file. > > On Feb 3, 1:28 pm, NiksonK <nikso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > You can calculate checksum for both files (you have file paths). Then you > > could compare it. > > Would work only if files are accessible.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to dotnetdevelopment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to dotnetdevelopment+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dotnetdevelopment?hl=en?hl=en or visit the group website at http://megasolutions.net
