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Hi All

I am trying to get a list of all directoriesd within a directory.
If I change \\192.168.0.1\\sharejosam to c:\\Programs\\ it all works perfectly

But, with \\192.168.0.1\\sharejosam i get an error wherr the error states cant find directoy

c:\\192.168.0.1\\sharejosam.

why is it trying to display the folders in c: when i want it to display the networked folders?

Regards
Gerald Humphreys

Instead of having // before 192.168.0.1 i had to have //// so this is the correct way. Regards
Gerald Humphreys

Try \\\\192.168.0.1

Wild guess. I may be completely off my rocker

Edit. Nevermind. You beat me to it.

It's because the backslash specifies the beginning of an escape sequence (such as \r, \n, \0, etc). Therefore, if you want a backslash character, it must itself be escaped.

So, this will work:
Or, even better in this scenario - use a verbatim string literal:

Ron2K wrote:
Or, even better in this scenario - use a verbatim string literal:

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DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(@"\\YOUR-SERVER\your-folder\");

Thanks man,

Sorry it is a late reply, been busy.

What is the difference between my path and your path other than it is better to use the server name instead of the IP?

What does the @ mean?

It's really personal preference as to whether you use the host name or an IP address. I generally prefer host names, as they don't tend to change, plus I previously worked at a company where our network admin was overly fond of changing IP addresses at inconvenient times. But I think that's true anywhere; a host name is far less likely to change than an IP address, which would theoretically mean less maintenance.

Oh, and I think you need to read up on what a verbatim string literal is.