On 1/19/2000 at 1:01 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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It's just:
read %/computer/c/whatever/file.txt
The algorithm for WinXX systems assumes that if the root is more than
one
character it is a network connection. So, don't label your drives with
single letters! :-) Hope this helps.
- jim
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Just to nitpick, this should read don't "name your shares with single
letters".
Which is a good comment, since this is the Windows default when sharing
a root directory.
(Not that anyone here would do such a thing as share a root directory!)
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On 1/19/2000 at 1:01 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's just:
read %/computer/c/whatever/file.txt
The algorithm for WinXX systems assumes that if the root is more than
one
character it is a network connection. So, don't label your drives with
single letters! :-) Hope this helps.
- jim
At 12:34 AM 1/19/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Graham Chiu wrote:
>> >test: read %/d/whatever/file.txt
>> What about reading across a network (unc) ?
>
>I think it's:
> test: read %//computer/directory/file.ext
> but I haven't got access to a networked computer to try it out.
>
>Andrew Martin
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