How do I access a _MAP drive?

Richard Fishback

(11●5●4) Jul 27 '12, 2:05 p.m.

I can successfully map T: to //server/share using the _MAP environment variable, but when I try to access T: using

if exist T:\web.zip rename T:\web.zip old.web.zip

I get a The system cannot find the drive specified. error. Am I using the _MAP variable correctly?

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hm.. not quite enough info here to help.. but the doc in buildforge for _MAP says

> Drives mapped via the _MAP variable are unmapped on command completion.

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/bldforge/v7r1m2/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.rational.buildforge.doc%2Ftopics%2Fenv_task_mapping_windows_drives_t.html

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Richard Fishback

(11●5●4) Aug 28 '12, 10:14 a.m.

I found the answer in the Known Problems:

Drives mapped with the _MAP trigger variable are not available and the following error message is recorded: "The system cannot find the path specified."

Workaround: use the "net use" command in every step the requires access to a mapped drive. Example:

net use X:\\server\share

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