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

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...