I have files and directories setup on a Windows network share (\foo). I want to be able to move the files into different directories (eg. \foo\bar\baz.txt –> \foo\quux\baz.txt) via an iPhone app.
However, having failed to find a solution I think it might be a better idea to write a separate program that runs on the server that handles moving the files and have the iPhone app as a client that issues instructions to the server about what files to move.
Any suggestions on this would be much appreciated.
Edit: Since someone has voted to close this for not being clear… the question is: I want to move files on a network share from one directory to the other.
How do I do this using Objective-C/Cocoa Touch/iPhone SDK?
To access the file shares directly, you would have to implement an SMB client. I suppose you could pilfer code from Samba’s smbclient and see if you can get it building on the iPhone.
A big advantage to using a web service is that you can set it up for access outside your LAN. This is much harder with SMB unless you already have a VPN set up.
An in-between possibility that just occurred to me is to expose the shares via WebDAV on IIS. In fact, this is probably much easier that writing your own service.