Re: Connect network drive in DOS

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Steve:

That was it, thanks.

Zoltan

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article <FEB6B7DD-4339-4300-90E9-9C41AA58673B@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Zoltan K. <ZoltanK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm running XP pro and I've forgotten the DOS command to map a local network
drive for use by batch file. Can sombody remind me what it is.

For details, open a command prompt window and type:

net use /?

An example is:

net use d: \\computer\share

Steve:
Your original answer answered my question but when I use the command it
doesn't work. I'm pasting a copy of my command screen below:
=====================================================
E:\Documents and Settings\dgit>net use
New connections will be remembered.

Status Local Remote Network
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unavailable B: \\SANSASKA-M\Buster (C) Microsoft Windows Network
OK P: \\SANSASKA-LAPTOP\C laptop Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.

E:\Documents and Settings\dgit>net use q: \\SANSASKA-LAPTOP\C laptop
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.
==================================================

As you can see the command "net use q: \\SANSASKA-LAPTOP\C laptop" failed
because the network path was not found yet it shows above for P:. Any ideas?

Thanks
Zoltan

You're welcome, Zoltan. Is the share name "C laptop"? If so, it has
to be enclosed in quotes since it contains a blank character:

net use q: "\\SANSASKA-LAPTOP\C laptop"

It's best to use only letters and numbers in a shared name.
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