Windows 7 (local computer) Windows server (server I am trying to reach) I need to read a file whose windows path is of the form \\Theserver\mydirectory\data.csv You will note that as per windows standards the server name is preceded by two backslashes. I am not sure how to specify this in R. One usually needs to specify an escape characters in a path new which would suggest my path should be \\\Theserver\\mydirectory\\data.csv This does not work; the file is not found. What is the correct way to specify a path to a server Thanks, John John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) Confidentiality Statement: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
almost ... \\\\Theserver\\mydirectory\\data.csv ## should do it -- Bert On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:23 AM, John Sorkin <jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote:> Windows 7 (local computer) > Windows server (server I am trying to reach) > > I need to read a file whose windows path is of the form > > \\Theserver\mydirectory\data.csv > > You will note that as per windows standards the server name is preceded by two backslashes. > > I am not sure how to specify this in R. One usually needs to specify an escape characters in a path new which would suggest my path should be > > > \\\Theserver\\mydirectory\\data.csv > > This does not work; the file is not found. > > What is the correct way to specify a path to a server > > Thanks, > John > > > John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > Professor of Medicine > Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine > Baltimore VA Medical Center > 10 North Greene Street > GRECC (BT/18/GR) > Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 > (Phone) 410-605-7119 > (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) > > Confidentiality Statement: > This email message, including any attachments, is for ...{{dropped:12}}
Each \ has to be escaped. Two becomes four, not three. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On April 5, 2016 10:23:11 AM PDT, John Sorkin <jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote:>Windows 7 (local computer) >Windows server (server I am trying to reach) > >I need to read a file whose windows path is of the form > >\\Theserver\mydirectory\data.csv > >You will note that as per windows standards the server name is preceded >by two backslashes. > >I am not sure how to specify this in R. One usually needs to specify >an escape characters in a path new which would suggest my path should >be > > >\\\Theserver\\mydirectory\\data.csv > >This does not work; the file is not found. > >What is the correct way to specify a path to a server > >Thanks, >John > > >John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. >Professor of Medicine >Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics >University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and >Geriatric Medicine >Baltimore VA Medical Center >10 North Greene Street >GRECC (BT/18/GR) >Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 >(Phone) 410-605-7119 >(Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) > >Confidentiality Statement: >This email message, including any attachments, is for t...{{dropped:15}}