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
UNC redirection can work even if the executable file relies on another file to
run. For example, if the MS-DOS 5.0 EDIT.COM and QBASIC.EXE files
(the latter is needed to run the former) are both copied onto the network
share, UNC redirection works properly.
Program Information Files (PIFs)
To have access to a DOS application located on a network server without
formally connecting to the resource, use UNC redirection in the PIF
command line as follows.
Procedure
1 Run the PIF Editor.
2 In the “Program Filename” 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 DOS 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.
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
redirection might not function for all applications.
UNC redirection can work even if the executable file relies on another file to
run. For example, if the MS-DOS 5.0 EDIT.COM and QBASIC.EXE files
(the latter is needed to run the former) are both copied onto the network
share, UNC redirection works properly.
Referencing Files
To copy or move files and directories to a network volume or directory, or to
open a file or save it as another filename, without formally mapping to the
resource, you can use UNC redirection as follows.