Create a directory on UNC Path web part sharepoint

Question

I have created a web part which renders a button, on click of this button I want to access the directory of the other machine in LAN. Once I get the access to this Directory I will create a nested directories inside it with different extensions of files, but the problem is when I tries to access this folder by UNC Path it is giving me error like "Could not find a part of the path '\comp01\ibc'". Here comp01 is the computer name which is situated in LAN and ibc is a shared folder on that machine.

Following is the code for button click,

void _btnBackup_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
     //UNC Path --> \\In-Wai-Svr2\IBC
     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(UncPath))
     {
      SPSite currentSite = SPControl.GetContextSite(this.Context);
      SPWeb parentWeb = currentSite.OpenWeb();

      string dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(UncPath);

      //If IBC folder does not exist then create it.
      if(!Directory.Exists(dir))
       Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);                    

      IterateThroughChildren(parentWeb, UncPath);
     }
     else
     {
      _lblMessage.Text = "UNC Path should not be empty";
     }
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
     _lblMessage.Text = ex.Message;
    }
}

Answer 1

For UNC paths you need to specify it like this:

either use a C# string literal

String path = @"\\comp01\ibc";

or escape the string like

String path = "\\\\comp01\\ibc"

Try that.

Answer 2

hi, Did you get hte solution for this? I am trying to do same thing. I want to access the files stored on a Shared folder (On unother pc in same domain) and read/delete those files. If I add the user in administrative group, it is working. But for the user who is not in admin group, it gives error. Can you help me out?