Resolved DOS COPY with a NAS

Anybody know if you can use the DOS copy command to copy files from your computer to a network attached storage? The closest I could find was for linux.

I noticed that Arie is a big DOS fan. Anybody else know?

Thanks

 

Yes you can. If you have mapped a drive, you can just use copy c:\folder1 x:\folder2.

If you are not using a mapped drive just use copy c:\folder1 \\nas-netbiosname\shared-resource\folder2.

 

So I run the "net view \\NAS_NAME" command and it shows the NAS and all the shares on it, but when I do the net view \\NAS_NAME\SHARE all I get:

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

 

How to Use the NET VIEW Command to View Shared Resources .

 

this link doesn't state anything I don't know

Let me explain it again. Let's say you have a NAS called NAS.

executing this command: net view \\NAS displays all the shares on the NAS. Let's say one of the shares is called rsinfo

Executing this command: net view \\NAS\rsinfo displays the "bad command or syntax" error or words to that effect.. Changing the directory divider to / does'nt make a difference.

And I know I swerved off course from my original post about copying but it is relevant.. If you can't net view a share on a NAS you surely cannot use the DOS COPY command to copy a file from your main machine to a network resource

Thanks

 

net view shows you the shares but in a different way.

If you give net view \\nasbox ,it would show you all the shares on nasbox. It wouldn't show you the directory structure or files inside the shares. For that use dir \\nasbox\share_name.