Server.MapPath gives error with UNC

Question

Here is my directory to my server (permissions are good):

string ServerPath = ("\\\\servername\\Public\\Intranet2007Docs");

Here I am accessing it:

DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(Server.MapPath(ServerPath));

And here is the error:

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Any help would be great. I don't understand why it won't map the path to the UNC.

@, ~, //, and . are all for directories on local machine and they do not work to access a server. — rainhider, Dec 07 '12 at 15:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 07 '12 at 15:32

You can only use MapPath on a path that is inside the web application. Any path outside the web application doesn't have a corresponding URL.

Besides, the DirectoyInfo method doesn't have any use for an URL, so you should simply not use MapPath at all:

DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(ServerPath);

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '12 at 15:34

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Try not using the server.MapPath:

DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo("\\\\servername\\Public\\Intranet2007Docs");

answered Dec 07 '12 at 15:34

Dany Gauthier

This was the issue...it didn't like the mappath! Using the unc directly inside worked like a charm! Thanks! – rainhider Dec 10 '12 at 19:35

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