UNC path names

Typically, the full path name of a file resembles:

C:\projects\trade3\mymod.tab

That is, the file mymod.tab is located in the projects\trade3 folder on your local hard drive C:.

Windows also allows UNC path names which begin with "\\" and resemble:

\\cge-15ea10938e1\share3\mymod.tab

In this case mymod.tab is located in the network share location

\\cge-15ea10938e1\share3\

UNC file locations present a number of difficulties: for example, Windows does not allow you to open a command prompt in such a folder. TABmate attempts to work around these restrictions. Nevertheless, we recommend that you normally work with files located on your local hard disk -- GEMPACK is likely to work better! In particular, some tasks seem to take much longer when a UNC file location is used.

Technical note: When you run TABLO or LTG from TABmate, a BAT file is created and run. If the full TAB file location begins with "\\", the BAT file uses the PUSHD/POPD method to temporarily remap the UNC location to a free drive letter. Hence (following the above example), your log file may refer to:

Z:\mymod.tab

which is the temporary name for

\\cge-15ea10938e1\share3\mymod.tab

URL of this topic: www.copsmodels.com/webhelp/tabmate/hc_uncpath.htm

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