How to specify UNC path in Ruby on Windows?

Question

I am trying to access a UNC resource through irbin Windows. In a Windows shell, it will be

\\server\share

I tried to avoid all the backslashes.

irb(main):016:0> Dir.entries '\\\\server\share'
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - \\server\share

and using an IP address instead of a name

irb(main):017:0> Dir.entries '\\\\192.168.10.1\share'
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - \\192.168.10.1\share

Answer 1

Try to escape '\' with another '\'

Dir.entries ('\\\\ 192.168.10.1 \\ share')

Answer 2

Ruby interprets paths in POSIX , that is, if possible, you should use slashes.

//server/share

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\\\\server\\share

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def windows_path(value)
  value.gsub '/', '\\'
end

def posix_path(value)
  value.gsub '\\', '/'
end

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irb> File.exists? //server/share
SyntaxError: (irb):2: unknown regexp options - rvr

Answer 3

, . '\\server\share\'

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