Hey Bill, I found this page, it might help you.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-remote-windows-partition-windows-share-under-linux.html as people have suggested earlier, try opening a terminal and try the commands that are shown in the site that I gave you; make sure you can access files from the share using cp (linux copy command), before you use the share in your Gambas program I hope it helps Regards, Dimitris On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Lee McPherson <leemcpher...@gmail.com>wrote: > Bill-Lancaster wrote: > > Thanks for the advice but how do I "mount the path to the network > directory"? > > I've no doubt the answers is simple but I've tried everything I can think > > of. Thanks in advance > > Bill Lancaster > > > > Bill-Lancaster wrote: > > > >> My Gambas PC is attached to a Windows Network - how can I access files > >> there from a Gambas application? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > Are you aware of the command line program: smbmount? Do a google > search on it or use man pages but the basics are to use it like this > (with your own options): > > smbmount //server/share /localdir -o > username=user,password=pass,uid=500,gid=500 > > > There's a way to put it directly into your /etc/fstab so you don't have > to run it manually each time you reboot but I forget the exact syntax at > the moment. > > -Lee > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
