Pathname for files on a linux server using Visual Basic

[newguy9]

My Visual Basic program running on an NT client needs to create and read text files on a Linux server (RedHat).

The problem is that the pathname is of the form:
//servername/directoryname$/filename
($ is part of the directory name)

The program crashes with the standard Open statement using that kind of pathname.

Complicating the problem is the fact that I know next to nothing about Linux.

Many thanks for any help.

 

[fenris]

Do you have permission to read the files?

How are you accessing the files, is it through a samba share or some other means?

I would highly recommend going through a samba share as it makes windows think that the linux box is another windows box to share resources with.


More info would be helpful Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com