Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[David White]

Any pointers are appreciated...

I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a shared
drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC format
\\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is there a
special cygnus format for this sort of thing?

Thanks in advance,

David

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Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[Bob McGowan]

David White wrote:
> 
> Any pointers are appreciated...
> 
> I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a shared
> drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC format
> \\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is there a
> special cygnus format for this sort of thing?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> David
> 
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The same format appears to work (for Cygwin 1.0, CD), but you need to
quote it:

  ls '\\system\directory'

There are probably some restrictions, such as needing to be in the same
domain...

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Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[Corinna Vinschen]

Bob McGowan wrote:
> David White wrote:
> >[...]
> > I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a shared
> > drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC format
> > \\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is there a
> > special cygnus format for this sort of thing?
> >[...]
> The same format appears to work (for Cygwin 1.0, CD), but you need to
> quote it:
> 
>   ls '\\system\directory'

As it's usual on U*X systems you may use forward slashes:

    ls //system/directory

Corinna

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Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 11:55 AM 3/17/00, David White wrote:
>Any pointers are appreciated...
>
>I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a shared
>drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC format
>\\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is there a
>special cygnus format for this sort of thing?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>David



Same.  But (forward) slashes are easier to use since it negates the need to 
escape the back slashes.



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Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[William Wylde]

Corrina Vinschen scribed:

>Bob McGowan wrote:
> > David White wrote:
> > >[...]
> > > I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a 
>shared
> > > drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC format
> > > \\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is there a
> > > special cygnus format for this sort of thing?
> > >[...]
> > The same format appears to work (for Cygwin 1.0, CD), but you need to
> > quote it:
> >
> >   ls '\\system\directory'
>
>As it's usual on U*X systems you may use forward slashes:
>
>     ls //system/directory


In a simular vein, is there any way to mount a remote drive (i.e. NFS) via 
cygwin?  If not, are there any plans to incorporate NFS support in a later 
cygwin release?


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Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[Corinna Vinschen]

William Wylde wrote:
> 
> Corrina Vinschen scribed:

Try it with "Corinna".

> >As it's usual on U*X systems you may use forward slashes:
> >
> >     ls //system/directory
> 
> In a simular vein, is there any way to mount a remote drive (i.e. NFS) via
> cygwin?  If not, are there any plans to incorporate NFS support in a later
> cygwin release?

If remote drives are visible in the normal network neighborhood
you can mount them with the usual mount command:

mount -f -b //system/directory /whateveryouwant

Corinna

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Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[Chris Faylor]

On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 01:01:36PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>William Wylde wrote:
>> 
>> Corrina Vinschen scribed:
>
>Try it with "Corinna".
>
>> >As it's usual on U*X systems you may use forward slashes:
>> >
>> >     ls //system/directory
>> 
>> In a simular vein, is there any way to mount a remote drive (i.e. NFS) via
>> cygwin?  If not, are there any plans to incorporate NFS support in a later
>> cygwin release?
>
>If remote drives are visible in the normal network neighborhood
>you can mount them with the usual mount command:
>
>mount -f -b //system/directory /whateveryouwant

Just to answer definitively: No.  There are no plans to incorporate NFS
support into cygwin.  Such support is completely outside of any of the
design goals of cygwin.

Cygwin is just a DLL.  It is not a filesystem driver.

cgf

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RE: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?

[Heribert Dahms]

Hi William,

in my experience, it's much more stable, cheaper (=free) and
easier to install Samba once on a few Unix servers and then
forget it than to install NFS S/W on a bunch of NT-clients!

Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-gmbh.de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	William Wylde [SMTP:baron_shatturday@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Saturday, March 18, 2000 09:58
> To:	cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject:	Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?
> 
> 
> 
> Corrina Vinschen scribed:
> 
> >Bob McGowan wrote:
> > > David White wrote:
> > > >[...]
> > > > I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a
> 
> >shared
> > > > drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC
> format
> > > > \\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is
> there a
> > > > special cygnus format for this sort of thing?
> > > >[...]
> > > The same format appears to work (for Cygwin 1.0, CD), but you need
> to
> > > quote it:
> > >
> > >   ls '\\system\directory'
> >
> >As it's usual on U*X systems you may use forward slashes:
> >
> >     ls //system/directory
> 
> 
> In a simular vein, is there any way to mount a remote drive (i.e. NFS)
> via 
> cygwin?  If not, are there any plans to incorporate NFS support in a
> later 
> cygwin release?
> 
> 
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