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Author Topic: can a network get a drive letter?  (Read 7,480 times)

dbarton

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can a network get a drive letter?
« on: November 04, 2009, 07:21 PM »

Does this exist?

I'm looking for a command utility that just allows me to assign a directory on an ftp site to be a drive letter on my local machine.

That way I can just use Robocopy to make backups from batch file to a directory on my web server.  I do see that some programs can be loaded to do it, but I'd like that drive letter permanently assigned and always available so automated backups can run unattended.

MilesAhead

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Re: can a network get a drive letter?
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2009, 07:28 PM »
Either cURL or this link look like your best bets:
http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-map-a-ftp-to-a-drive-in-windows/

dbarton

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Re: can a network get a drive letter?
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 07:34 PM »
Excellent! Thanks.

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