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echo: win32
to: CHRISTER SOLSTRAND
from: JERRY SCHWARTZ
date: 1997-06-21 21:04:00
subject: Substing in NT

[Jun 16, 97 - 02:42] Christer Solstrand of 2:211/35 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
CS> UNC?
Universal Naming Convention - you can actually hit files without a drive 
letter by specifying \\\\dir\f, but you can't navigate 
up and down and I'm not sure how a program accessed that way would find its 
pieces and parts (haven't tried it).
JS>> Share out the directory as "POO". Then, on every machine
JS>> INCLUDING the local machine, use NET USE M: \\\POO (or
JS>> use Explorer to do this) and you will have the same M: drive on
JS>> every machine.
CS> Aye. But will this share the drive at boot?
Sure: shares are permanent, connections are re-established at boot unless you 
specify otherwise.
Jerry Schwartz
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