However, for the sake of simplicity, it makes sense to group these items in one
place: a shared network folder (see Figure 15.19).
Figure 15.19 This diagram shows files that ScreamerNet needs on a shared network.
There are many methods of physically networking computers together, but because there
are so many variables to consider??”too many for this book??”I??™m going to assume that you
already have a network up and running. If not, the Internet is your best resource, or your
computer administrator if you have access to one.
Sharing files across a network obviously means you are going to refer to locations using
pathnames. As far as ScreamerNet is concerned, there are two main methods for doing
this. The first is using Universal Naming Convention (UNC),while the other is using drive
mapping. They ultimately do the same thing but differ very slightly.
UNC Naming
This is the simpler method of the two. UNC naming is exactly as it sounds??”it??™s a standard
naming convention for finding drives or folders on a network.
Whenever you browse through folders using Windows, the address or network path can
be seen in the address bar (the screen shot shown in Figure 15.
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