Copying a file 1

[jmycr]

Is there a way to copy a file from computer to another using vb

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Assuming you have either a mapped drive or a resolvable name and are authenticated on the network.

In the System.Io namespace there is a class called File. File has a .copy method

-Rick

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[jmycr]

How would I specify the other machine?

 

[SMURF75]

If i remeber correctly

file.copy("mylocalfile","\\mycomputer\myfolder")

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[jmycr]

does it automaticall assume the c drive or do i need to specify that as well

 

[ThatRickGuy]

you'll want to fully qualify both paths.

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[chiph]

does it automaticall assume the c drive or do i need to specify that as well

The three parts to a UNC file are:
[tab]Machine name - the netbios name of the other computer
[tab]Share name - the name of the shared directory on the other computer
[tab]Path - the path down from the shared directory.

Assembled, it looks like this:
\\MachineName\ShareName\Path

So if I had a directory shared named public on my machine named chipdev, and you wanted a file named goodstuff.txt in a directory named tektipsfiles, the UNC would be:

\\chipdev\public\tektipsfiles\goodstuff.txt

Note that since public is a share name, it could be mapped to any drive and any path on my machine (for example: d:\download\mypublicstuff ), but you'd see it as \\chipdev\public

Chip H.


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[jmycr]

thanx everyone!!