Accessing files over network

Accessing files over network

• entrance80

  thanks for the reply........what is given is ok but i want the namespace to access over the network. I tried what u specified but it is giving URI error. can u please send in detail .........

  thanks

  
  

• Erik11

  Hi, I got it working already, but have one question on it.

  What if the remote folder needs authentication How is it supposed to be done

  Can give us some example code of copying to a remote folder, if it's PC's shared
  folder needs to be authenticated first

  Thanks in advance!!!

  Paul.

  
  

• Thomas S. Andersen

  The System.IO.File class can be used to copy files using UNC as the pathname. So, assuming appropriate permissions, you should be able to do something like.

  System.IO.File.Copy(fromPath, toPath);

  where fromPath (and or toPath) is in the form of "\\MyServer\MyShare\filename"

  Hope that helps.

  
  
  

• thedazman

  In C# the backslash character signals an escape sequence, so specifying file paths the same way as you do in (for example) Windows Explorer leads to errors. Try doubling each backslash in your path, OR put a '@' character in front of the path string (e.g. @\\myServer\mypath\myfile.txt).
  
  
• Accessing files over network