Question

We are working with some legacy code that accesses a shared drive by the letter (f:\ for example). Using the UNC notation is not an option. Our Java wrapper app will run as a service, and as the first step, I would like to map the drive explicitly in the code. Has anyone done this?

Answer 1

Consider executing the DOS command that maps a network drive as in the following code:

String command = 'c:\\windows\\system32\\net.exe use f: \\\\machine\\share /user:user password'; Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command); ... 

See details on net use command:

 The syntax of this command is:   NET USE [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]         [/USER:[domainname\]username]         [/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]         [/USER:[username@dotted domain name]         [/SMARTCARD]         [/SAVECRED]         [[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]  NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME  NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]