Setting Up and Managing Network Drives
Using Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Paths in MS Windows
\\ACCOUNTING\SYS\APPS\DATABASE.GRP
If you are redirecting a resource that is a NetWare Directory Services object in NetWare 4, you must specify three backslashes (\\\) before the servername.
Program Items Files
To have access to program items located on a network server without formally mapping to the resource, use UNC redirection in the “Program Item Properties” dialog boxes as follows.
Procedure
1From the Program Manager “File” menu, choose “New.”
2Select “Program Item” and then choose “OK.”
3In the “Command Line” text box, enter the UNC path for the application. To assign a path, enter
\\servername\volume\path\filename
For example, to assign a path to an MS Windows word processing application called WRDPRC.EXE on the server MARKETING, you could enter
\\MARKETING\SYS\APPS\WRDPRC.EXE
If you are redirecting a resource that is a NetWare Directory Services object in NetWare 4, you must specify three backslashes (\\\) before the servername.
When using UNC paths for programs, you might receive the following message:
The specified path points to a file that may not be
available during later Windows sessions. Do you want to
continue?
If you choose “Yes,” then the icon for the program item is built.
UNC redirection for programs is dependent upon the modules or parts that the program uses, where they are located, and how they are loaded. UNC might not function for all applications.