Create directory on remote machine with UNC path

henriqueleng

I am writing a program that crawls directories in a remote machine. I can acess the folders and read files. Eventually I will need to create a new folder, but I am failing to do this with dir:make() as:

`local path = [[\tele\Tele Entrega\Tele 2025\Novembro\Dia 11\asd]]
local dir = sys.Directory(path)

print(path)
-- cannot write to the Windows folder
if not dir:make() then
print("Error accessing "..": "..sys.error)
end`

This programs fails with: Error accessing: The system cannot find the specified path. And not directory is created

henriqueleng

I was able to solve it by mapping network to drive. Is this the only way?

Best Regards

Xaon420

henriqueleng

HI, I have the same issue out of curiosity did you solve this at all?

i tried allowing "everyone" to the file permissions and net permissions and i used async to no avail. but it is a network request at the end of the chain, Mapping the drive just references the pointer to the actual path. so that makes sense. also works for me until my machine gets a new IP or hardware change (i could solve that by using static IP but Telus gets fussy)

A note For mapping drives in windows:
Mapping a folder/drive will always "cache" in windows because it refers to the actual path to that directory in windows (it also makes a request to that Machine if available) but the network access panel in windows will reload anytime you click it (or open WFM from what i noticed) Then will "Ping" for any available Remote/Network paths it can find

i would try awaiting but i ended up just using a Socket for Files and Data, kinda acting like file share but i would prefer windows FS because it is quicker and baked in

Samir

I have not tested this scenario.
If the "remote path" is accessible as a network share (like \\Server\Share\Folder), then yes — Directory:make() can create a directory there, provided:

The share is reachable.
The user/process has the necessary permissions (write access).
The path is properly formatted as a UNC path (\\Server\Share\NewDir).
If the "remote path" refers to something outside the Windows file system (like FTP, HTTP, or cloud storage), then no — it cannot handle that
This is the theory, maybe a bug is affecting this method...