[Gambas-user] write to folder in windows network

[Doriano Blengino]

Bill-Lancaster ha scritto:
> Dear Doriano
> That's OK I don't feel "flamed".
> I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 with Gnome 2.26.1
> I can view and access my windows network folders easily from the desktop.
> I can put an icon on the desktop which will open a specific network folder
> (is that "mounted"?)
> I researched all the stuff in Nabble and tried many ways in Gambas all
> without success.
> Only after all that did I decide to pose the question.
>
> Anyway thanks for your advice - I've got quite a bit to get on with now as
> well as a number of other replies.
>   
Unfortunately I don't know Gnome enough to say something. But, yes, when 
you see the contents of a remote windows folder, that folder is mounted. 
"mounted" only means that a file in *your* system refers to a directory 
or file system elsewhere (or the same machine).

Take the windows way to mount an USB memory stick (pendrive). You have 
drive letters C: and D:. When you plug your pendrive, magically a new 
drive labeled E: appears. Windows says "a new drive has been added, and 
labeled E:". A Linux users would say "the drive E has been mounted".
The windows way is in some way limited, because it can only choose from 
26 letters, and your devices are always at the top level of the file 
system. Linux goes ahead: your device (or remote shared folder) can be 
reached using a filename (vs a single letter), and this filename can be 
everywhere in your file system. So, a stick could be mounted as 
/mnt/stick, where stick is the name of an existent directory inside 
another existent directory /mnt. /mnt/stick is normally empty, and when 
you plug your USB stick, that directory populates. That directory is the 
mount-path, like "E:" is the mount-path in windows. But in linux then 
mount-path always exist, probably is empty if no devices are mounted; in 
windows E: does not exist if no devices are plugged.

I must go - will continue on next mail.


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Doriano Blengino

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