Re: 'dummy' file share?

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Set FILESERVER1 to whatever IP address you desire in your local hosts file.

"robert.waters" <robert.waters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am testing an application that uses hardcoded unc paths in it's
code; is there any way for me to fake these paths on my windows test
box (Windows XP)?
For example, when the application is running on it's production
server, it might have \\FILESERVER1\path\to\config_file.cfg in it's
source code. The dev machine is not located in the same network, nor
does it have access to any machine named FILESERVER1, but I would like
to mirror those files without having to use a vm having that name, or
running a separate machine just for the purpose of having that name on
the network.

Is there any hosts file/dns/whatever trickery that I might use to fake
that share?

Thanks!



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