Re: Silly solution...

Post #87,155 by pwhysall 3/10/03 7:33:22 PM Reply	Re: Silly solution... ...that won't work. You can't specify UNC paths in a CMD.EXE window. Suck, eh? Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #87,156 by altmann 3/10/03 7:37:02 PM Reply	Works for me -- Chris Altmann
Post #87,158 by pwhysall 3/10/03 7:38:52 PM 3/10/03 7:40:00 PM Reply	How'd you do it? Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]\n(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.\n\nF:\\Documents and Settings\\Peter>cd \\\\peter\\c$\n'\\\\peter\\c$'\nCMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.\n\nF:\\Documents and Settings\\Peter>\n Edit: Z does funny things to double backslashes. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog] Edited by pwhysall March 10, 2003, 07:40:00 PM EST Expand All History
Post #87,160 by inthane-chan 3/10/03 7:40:04 PM 3/10/03 7:45:36 PM Reply	Re: How'd you do it? Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]\n(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.\n\nD:\\Documents and Settings\\twalkup>dir \\\\server\\central\nVolume in drive \\\\server\\central has no label.\nVolume Serial Number is 3880-2301\n\nDirectory of \\\\server\\central\n\n03/04/2003 07:41 AM <DIR> .\n03/04/2003 07:41 AM <DIR> ..\n02/17/2003 09:39 AM <DIR> Aaquorum\n06/01/2002 11:45 AM <DIR> Access\n06/05/2002 01:55 PM <DIR> ACT! 4.0\n11/05/2002 10:24 AM 0 Backup.log\n07/26/2002 11:32 AM 1,146,397 Fineman.cv.supplement.pdf\n06/08/2001 11:16 PM <DIR> Lonewolf\n01/13/2003 03:07 PM <DIR> ManagePro\n03/18/2002 09:07 AM <DIR> Old\n02/18/2002 04:20 PM <DIR> PROFIL\n06/19/2001 01:00 PM <DIR> quickbooks\n02/27/2003 10:20 AM 201 Shortcut to Central on 'Server' (E).lnk\n3 File(s) 1,146,598 bytes\n10 Dir(s) 4,979,671,040 bytes free\n\nD:\\Documents and Settings\\twalkup> "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 Edited by inthane-chan March 10, 2003, 07:45:36 PM EST Expand All History
Post #87,161 by pwhysall 3/10/03 7:41:23 PM Reply	Aaaaah. Thankee. Marvellous consistency of operation. I love CMD.EXE, I really do. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #87,166 by deSitter 3/10/03 8:15:17 PM Reply	It's perfectly understandable CMD calls parts of Win32 for some things, one of which is a directory listing. You need a drive letter to set a current directory, which by definition requires a drive letter context (for back compatibility with older console programs). You can always do a rundll32.exe from the command line get to pretty much anything in Win32. CMD.EXE is stupid because it has to be stupid in places to be compatible. -drl
Post #87,165 by deSitter 3/10/03 8:10:30 PM Reply	Re: Silly solution... Yeah, suck, but not because Windows suck - CMD.EXE and COMMAND.COM suck. You can get UNIX for Windows with a nice Korn shell. You can then compile bash for it if you want. If you want Windows and UNIX to live together, then make it easy on yourself and UNIXize the Windows box. -drl

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