NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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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
1 From the Program Manager “File” menu, choose “New.”
2 Select “Program Item” and then choose “OK.”
3 In 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.