Mapping a network share into a subfolder

Hi guys,

Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-folder?

ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as c:\data

Thanks

L3K

"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-folder?
>
> ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as
c:\data

Not as such. Say you tried to create a new subfolder (let's call it 'temp')
within a "C:\data" which was actually mapped to \\somecomp\somedata,
assuming that was possible.
How would the OS know whether you meant to create C:\data\temp
in the physical partition C:, or that you meant to create
\\somecomp\somedata\temp ?
What are you trying to achieve - there's probably another way to do it.
HTH
--
Rob

"Rob Hemmings" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-
> > folder?
> >
> > ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as
> > c:\data
>
> Not as such.

Actually, there is very nearly a way to do it -
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Junction.html

The big snag is that it only works with local drives/paths.

> Say you tried to create a new subfolder (let's call it
> 'temp') within a "C:\data" which was actually mapped to
> \\somecomp\somedata, assuming that was possible.
> How would the OS know whether you meant to create C:\data\temp
> in the physical partition C:, or that you meant to create
> \\somecomp\somedata\temp ?

The OS follows the path; when it gets to the 'data' component, it sees that
the entity to which it refers is not a file or directory but a special link,
and it changes the effective path accordingly. So it would create
\\somecomp\somedata\temp.

I guess you haven't used any Unix OS. Google "symbolic link" if you're
interested.

Alex

"Alex Fraser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Rob Hemmings" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > "Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:dnmp5c$sui$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-
> > > folder?
> > >
> > > ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as
> > > c:\data
> >
> > Not as such.
>
> Actually, there is very nearly a way to do it -
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Junction.html
>
> The big snag is that it only works with local drives/paths.
>
> > Say you tried to create a new subfolder (let's call it
> > 'temp') within a "C:\data" which was actually mapped to
> > \\somecomp\somedata, assuming that was possible.
> > How would the OS know whether you meant to create C:\data\temp
> > in the physical partition C:, or that you meant to create
> > \\somecomp\somedata\temp ?
>
> The OS follows the path; when it gets to the 'data' component, it sees
that
> the entity to which it refers is not a file or directory but a special
link,
> and it changes the effective path accordingly. So it would create
> \\somecomp\somedata\temp.
>
> I guess you haven't used any Unix OS. Google "symbolic link" if you're
> interested.

Thanks, Alex - I didn't know about that util. You're nearly
correct about my unix experience - I've not used it since about
1980 although I'm occasionally tempted by linux. Every time
I get enthusiastic about that, I find that there isn't a driver for
some important bit of hardware in my system, although I
expect that will change in time (or, more likely, the h/w will
get replaced!)
Cheers,
--
Rob

Alex Fraser wrote:
> "Rob Hemmings" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-
>>>folder?
>>>
>>>ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as
>>>c:\data
>>
>>Not as such.
>
>
> Actually, there is very nearly a way to do it -
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Junction.html
>
> The big snag is that it only works with local drives/paths.
>
>
>> Say you tried to create a new subfolder (let's call it
>>'temp') within a "C:\data" which was actually mapped to
>>\\somecomp\somedata, assuming that was possible.
>>How would the OS know whether you meant to create C:\data\temp
>>in the physical partition C:, or that you meant to create
>>\\somecomp\somedata\temp ?
>
>
> The OS follows the path; when it gets to the 'data' component, it sees that
> the entity to which it refers is not a file or directory but a special link,
> and it changes the effective path accordingly. So it would create
> \\somecomp\somedata\temp.
>
> I guess you haven't used any Unix OS. Google "symbolic link" if you're
> interested.
>
> Alex
>
>
Thanks Alex - I wonder what would happen if I mapped the network share
to, say, T: and then use T: with the junction command - will have to
download and try.

L3K

"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Alex Fraser wrote:
> > "Rob Hemmings" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >>"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >>
> >>>Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-
> >>>folder?
> >>>
> >>>ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as
> >>>c:\data
> >>
> >>Not as such.
> >
> > Actually, there is very nearly a way to do it -
> > http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Junction.html
> >
> > The big snag is that it only works with local drives/paths.
[snip]
> Thanks Alex - I wonder what would happen if I mapped the network share
> to, say, T: and then use T: with the junction command - will have to
> download and try.

I tried it here, on Windows 2000 (I have no reason to believe the behaviour
would be different on XP). It fails when provided with either a UNC path
(\\server\share) or a mapped drive. You can create a link to a non-existent
drive letter, then map some network share to that drive letter, but
accessing it fails.

Alex

"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-folder?
>
> ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as
> c:\data
>
> Thanks
>
> L3K
You can map a network share to a drive and then use DFS to map another share
onto a subfolder of the original. However, you may need a server version of
the OS to do this.

BL
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"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> Is there a utility that will let me map a network share into a sub-folder?
>
> ie: I would like the share \\somecomp\somedata to appear locally as
> c:\data
>
> Thanks
>
> L3K

Depends what O/S you are using. In XP Pro, from widows explorer, tools you
can map a network drive to a specific folder on another PC. Once you have
mapped it, you can rename it to anything you want.