BaseX File Module : access network folder on windows server

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Dieter Zanzinger <dieter.zanzinger at icloud.com> wrote: > > I am working with den BaseX-File-Module for a while and can access a local > folder, > for example: file:list('C:/'). > > Now I want the same in a Windows network. > If I create a folder on the Desktop of the local machine = localhost and > give it a "Freigabe" with "Freigabename" netzlaufwerktestF, it is possible > to list it´s contents with: > file:list('//WIN7PROPARPC/netzlaufwerktestF/'). > > Now I try the same with a folder on a server, which I can access by windows > explorer. I expected the following to work: > file:list('//SERVERNAME_or_IP/Freigabename/') > > But I get only errors. > Does anybody know the right way to access a network folder with the file > module of BaseX under windows? > (I didn´t find anything in the wiki or by google). > > Thanks in advance > > Dieter Zanzinger

On 22/01/2018 19:05, Christian Grün wrote: > Hi Dieter, > > I haven’t tried Window networking by myself, but AFAIK access on > server is not possible via the File Module. It is based on Java’s > default file access, and an additional library (such as [1]) would > need to be embedded. JCIFS uses the CIFS/SMB networking protocol to > access network drives. > > Sorry for that, > Christian > > [1] https://jcifs.samba.org/ > > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Dieter Zanzinger > <dieter.zanzinger at icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I am working with den BaseX-File-Module for a while and can access a local >> folder, >> for example: file:list('C:/'). >> >> Now I want the same in a Windows network. >> If I create a folder on the Desktop of the local machine = localhost and >> give it a "Freigabe" with "Freigabename" netzlaufwerktestF, it is possible >> to list it´s contents with: >> file:list('//WIN7PROPARPC/netzlaufwerktestF/'). >> >> Now I try the same with a folder on a server, which I can access by windows >> explorer. I expected the following to work: >> file:list('//SERVERNAME_or_IP/Freigabename/') >> >> But I get only errors. >> Does anybody know the right way to access a network folder with the file >> module of BaseX under windows? >> (I didn´t find anything in the wiki or by google). >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Dieter Zanzinger