Writing to Windows UNC Path

[Marcus de Leon]

Hi, I can’t seem to write to a windows UNC path via any method from Cloverleaf. Either Tcl or Fileset, none seem to work. See error below:

Code:

[sms :sms :ERR /0: BG_Inboxes:04/12/2012 13:47:10] Tcl error:
msgId = message0
proc = ‘WriteToBGInbox’
args = ”
result = ‘couldn’t open “\cmsfile001CPSSIM80LL13342528307053.ht”: invalid argument’
errorInfo: ‘
couldn’t open “\cmsfile001CPSSIM80LL13342528307053.ht”: invalid argument
while executing
“open $FilePath “w””
(”run” arm line 29)
invoked from within
“switch -exact — $mode {
start {
# Perform special init functions
# N.B.: there may or may not be a MSGID key in args
…”
(procedure “WriteToBGInbox” line 15)
invoked from within
“WriteToBGInbox {MSGID message0} {CONTEXT sms_ob_data} {ARGS {}} {MODE run} {VERSION 3.0}”‘

Any ideas or work arounds?

Topic

[Levy Lazarre]

Hi Marcus,

Tcl on Windows does not support UNC filenames the way you are trying to use it.

You have to create a network share on the destination server and access the file using the syntax:

\servernamesharenamepathfile

I hope this helps.

[Marcus de Leon]

Hi thanks for the reply. So there is no way to write a file to a UNC path at all?

[Charlie Bursell]

You can do it via Tcl.  UPoC driver, etc.

In Tcl it is better to use the Unix style of separators even on Windows.  You still need the \ at the front

So for UNC something like

set path {\mynet/Share/xxx/yyy}

write_file [file join $path test.txt] “HELLO WORLD”

Works for me

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