Mapped Drives Support

A section named '[mapdrives]' may be added to the SUNDM.CFG configuration file to support mapped drives under Windows. The SUNDM data manager uses the mapped drive settings to redirect either network drives or local DOS drives.

Format:

{drv}:=[~]{redir}

Where:

drv

Drive device letter ( a to z ) inclusive.

redir

Drive device redirection string. This string can be a UNC path or a DOS drive path.

~

Optional character before the {redir} string to prevent removal of the {drv}.

Example of section in CFG file:

[mapdrives]

f:=c:\temp

g:=\\server\sharename\directory

h:=~c:\sunbelt

i:=~\\server\sharename\directory

Note the following:

1. When the {redir} string start with the '\' character, the redirection string identifies a network UNC path name. In this case, the {drv} is redirected as a network drive. If the {drv} already exists, the mapped drive redirection does not occur and no changes are made.

2. When the {redir} string is a DOS drive path string, the mapped drive redirection is executed as a local DOS drive device. If the {drv} already exists, the mapped drive redirection does not occur and no changes are made. The local DOS drive substitution is NOT supported for the Windows 95, 98, and ME OS versions. The mapped drives are ignored for these Windows version.

3. The mapped drives redirection support can declare drive specifications when an NT server is started.

4. By default, the data manager removes the {drv} mapped drive when the data manager is terminated. If the '~' character is specified as the leading character before the {redir} string, the data manager does not remove the {drv} when it is terminated.

5. When the data manager starts the mapped drives are logged and the mapped drives are logged when the server terminates.

See Also: Introduction, Managed File Support