I stand corrected ... of course the "\\\\" translates to "\\" and "\\\s" to
"\s"
However, using smbclient with // instead of \\\\ works as well.
- Alex
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> 'cos Linux (any UN*X for that matter) uses the slash '/' character for
> directory seperation instead of the WINDOS '\' you have to translate
> '\\host\service' to '//host/service/'
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> I guess the triple backslash translates into a single forward-slash
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> Alexander van Luijpen
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> > Why if I want to use smbclient I have to specify \\\\host\\\service.
> > If I try \\host\service I get the following error:
> > \hostservice: Not enough '\' characters in service
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > It does not even put "\" between host and service.
> >
> > The strange thing is \\\\host\\\service works.
> >
> > WHY
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> > F.
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