UNCs in batch files

Am I right in thinking you can't run a command in a *.bat
file from a UNC path ( \\server\share\file.exe )? I've
just seen a couple of lines in a startup script bat which
I'm sure won't work.

Do they work in any version of Windows/DOS ?

[Tom Porterfield]

In article >,
says...
> Am I right in thinking you can't run a command in a *.bat
> file from a UNC path ( \\server\share\file.exe )? I've
> just seen a couple of lines in a startup script bat which
> I'm sure won't work.

Running a command in a batch file from a UNC works fine as long as the
person whose credentials it is running under has access to the network
share in the command.

> Do they work in any version of Windows/DOS ?

As long as the networking services have been started, it works in all of
them.

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