This statement worked as of version 3.3.8 and started getting errors as of version 3.4.0

DirCreate ( "\\\\RemoteServer\\c$\\NewDirectory" )

The error message is:
Unable to create directory "". Error:53 The network path was not found.

As of version 3.4.0 this only errors using a UNC name to a remote machine. The statement seems to work correctly on a local machine.

I do not think it is a problem with DirCreate.

Please enable the trace option and re-run your script. Let us know what you in the trace.

: This statement worked as of version 3.3.8 and started getting errors as of
: version 3.4.0

: DirCreate ( "\\\\RemoteServer\\c$\\NewDirectory" )

: The error message is: Unable to create directory "". Error:53 The
: network path was not found.

: As of version 3.4.0 this only errors using a UNC name to a remote machine.
: The statement seems to work correctly on a local machine.

Here is the trace output.

1: DIM
1: Executing DIM("DIRFOUND", "BOOLEAN")
2: DIREXISTS
2: Executing DIREXISTS("\\spgr3sql\d$", "false")

Return "true"
4: DIRCREATE
4: Executing DIRCREATE("\\spgr3sql\d$\new_dir")

: I do not think it is a problem with DirCreate.

: Please enable the trace option and re-run your script. Let us know what you
: in the trace.

Here is what I found out. In one of the 3.4.x versions there was a change in directory management functions that enabled directories to be created recursively, for example
if you call DirCreate( "c:\data\new_dir1\new_dir2\new_dir3") 24x7 would create new_dir1, new_dir2 and new_dir3 recursively. For every element of the tree it checks whether that element already exists and if not it then creates it.

In case of UNC directory names it fails parsing the tree as it attempts to use the first 2 back-slashes as directory tree separators rather then as a UNC prefix. This needs to be fixed.

: Here is the trace output.

: 1: DIM
: 1: Executing DIM("DIRFOUND", "BOOLEAN")
: 2: DIREXISTS
: 2: Executing DIREXISTS("\\spgr3sql\d$", "false")

: Return "true"
: 4: DIRCREATE
: 4: Executing DIRCREATE("\\spgr3sql\d$\new_dir")

Please advise when this might be corrected. I have a large number of production scripts that are failing on a periodic basis.

: Here is what I found out. In one of the 3.4.x versions there was a change in
: directory management functions that enabled directories to be created
: recursively, for example
: if you call DirCreate( "c:\data\new_dir1\new_dir2\new_dir3") 24x7
: would create new_dir1, new_dir2 and new_dir3 recursively. For every
: element of the tree it checks whether that element already exists and if
: not it then creates it.

: In case of UNC directory names it fails parsing the tree as it attempts to
: use the first 2 back-slashes as directory tree separators rather then as a
: UNC prefix. This needs to be fixed.

Today. Please wait for 3.4.11 to be setup for download.

: Please advise when this might be corrected. I have a large number of
: production scripts that are failing on a periodic basis.