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Universal Naming Convention (UNC) and the Java File Class

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From: Dallas Harken
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:00
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I have a small application that reads a file on my network.  I use the File
class to check the file's existence first.

File f = new File(filePath);
if (f.exists()) ...

If I map a drive to the network location, ie. filePath =
"p:\dir\myfile.txt", everthing works great.

However, if I set filePath = "//server/volume/dir/myfile.txt", the exists
function returns false.  Using / or \ as a separator doesn't matter.

Interesting note: Works when compling with Visual J++ works, but not with
JBuilder.

I also get a FileNotFoundException if I use the same file path with the
FileInputStream class.  Could it be a problem with the native implementation
of functions such as open, etc?

Any ideas?
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From: "Dallas Harken" <dharken@novell.com>
Subject: Universal Naming Convention (UNC) and the Java File Class
Date: 1997/11/12
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