Renaming a file on a mapped drive via ProvideX 'rename'

Does anyone know definitively if you can rename a file in ProvideX using a mapped drive via WindX session? For example:

rename "[wdx]Q:abc.txt" to "[wdx]Q:def.txt"

I've verified permissions on the source server/folder are Full Control, tried variations on this (rename "[wdx]\{server}{folder}abc.txt..., etc.) to no success.

Any insight/comments/experience with this is appreciated!

Brad Kraft
DSA

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slonschek

In my testing rename does not honor the [wdx] prefix.

While running providex in a typical server client setup (nthost to server). The rename command did NOT work on a mapped drive local to my pc using the following command:
rename "[wdx]S:myfile","[wdx]S:myfile2"

While running providex locally on my machine the rename DID work to rename the file using the following command:
rename "S:myfile","S:myfile2"

This indicates to me that it is not the file system holding you up, it is providex not honoring the [wdx] prefix.

James
Sequoia Group

Legacy Contributor

Brad,

The reference manual doesn't suggest that [wdx] is supported in the file names. When I tried it, I got an error. I believe you must execute the rename via [wdx] like this:

execute "[wdx]rename ""Q:/abc.txt"" to ""Q:/def.txt""",err=error_trap

Ken Sproul
Pivotal Systems

slonschek

Suprisingly I did find a way around it. The execute command will honor the wdx prefix.

Use the following:
execute "[wdx]rename "+quo+"S:myfile"+quo+","+quo+"S:myfile2"+quo

Just saw Ken's post, he beat me to it.

salbritton

Ken & James,

Thanks!!! That's worked!!

Brad

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