CA.TEST: DIR \\192.168.0.30\F\unidata\current\qa\CAPROGS \\dev\F\unidata\current\qa\d_CAPROGS
Works fine for me. UD 5.1.27 on Windows. "F" is a shared directory. DEV resolves to the same IP address as line 2 (the two are interchangeable). I find the problem with mapping a drive is "keeping" the map between sessions. Hth Colin Alfke Calgary >-----Original Message----- >From: David Wolverton > >Doh!! Just realized I should make it a Mapped Network Drive on >the Publisher, and it will then open the file totally clueless >that the drive is on another machine... > >As Emily Litella would say, Never Mind.... > >-----Original Message----- >From: DAVID WOLVERTON > >I am writing a simple Replication 'Heartbeat' in a phantom process. > >I have two sets of 'DIR' files, one on the subscriber, one on >the publisher >- one folder per Replication Group. > >I want to write a transaction on the publisher, then read from >the subscriber a few minutes later to make sure it's there to >'know' that replication is actually up and running -- if the >transaction does not show up on the subscriber, the phantom >will write to a file our standard menu processes will watch. > >I'm having a problem building a pointer from one machine to >the other - I've made the Subscriber files 'shared' and can >see them from the Publisher's explorer window ... > >But how do I turn that in a VOC entry? > >Example: >REPTEST01 is the file on the Subscriber: >DIR >REPTEST01 >D_REPTEST01 > >I've created a share called SUB_REPTEST01 (so the name on the >Publisher will be different) > >I can see it from the Publisher's Explorer Window under >\\SubHost\SUB_REPTEST01 > >And I plan to use the 'local' dictionary for file opens since >all I need is to read, no locking, no worries... So I tried >this as a VOC on the Publisher >account: > >DIR >\\SubHost\SUB_REPTEST01 >D_REPTEST01 > >but this gives me an >errno-2: No such file or directory >can not stat() in U_get_fileid(),fname=\\SubHost\SUB_REPTEST01 > Open >file error. > >I don't have OFS running here - is that needed? Or what >simple thing am I missing to open this 'remote' file? > >David W. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
