David, I believe that you don't have to have a drive mapped you can access data from or output data to a specific path on a server if you have access rights and I think you can use UNC to output to a printer/print queue elsewhere on the network..
Regards Clive Williams Sydney Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "david blocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 10:50 PM Subject: Re: UNC in RBase? - Razzak's Reply > This path is expressed as UNC-name: Universal Naming Convention: > \\<server-name>\<share-name>\<directory/filename> > > OK, my turn for dumb question which of course is NOT a dumb question... I > read the above, but what does it mean? That servername = sharename (what the > heck is that?) = this directory \filename? And why would it be useful in > R:Base? > > David BLocker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: UNC in RBase? - Razzak's Reply > > > > In a message dated 11/30/2001 2:40:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > << I hate to ask, what is UNC?>> > > This path is expressed as UNC-name: Universal Naming Convention: > > \\<server-name>\<share-name>\<directory/filename> > > > > Mike, NO question is a bad question if you don't know the answer. Took me > a > > Netware Admin class to find the answer. I'll save you a couple of bucks > <g> > > > > Damon > > > > > > Damon D. Kaufman > > President > > Stalder Spring Works, Inc > > ISO-9002 / QS-9000 Certified > > 2345 S. Yellow Springs St. > > Springfield, Ohio 45506 > > Voice 937-322-6120 > > Fax 937-322-2126 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
