Re: How do you Map & Disconnect Network Drives (in Windows)?

Two suggestions from the system side (not Perl):

check the persistent flag in net use
use mountvol as a diagnostic tool to check if your unmapped drive really has been deleted or is still hanging around

I've always found drive mapping a bit unreliable in Windows so my suggestions may not be the best available.

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Re^2: How do you Map & Disconnect Network Drives (in Windows)? by perlofwisdom (Pilgrim) on Mar 26, 2008 at 18:05 UTC
I have seen the enemy, and the enemy is me (as usual). Your tip on the "persistent" flag led me down a path to the solution. The problem with the disconnect was that I had done a 'chdir' into the share after mounting it. And, since I was still sitting in the directory when I went to unmount it, it wouldn't release the mapping to the drive. As always thank you everyone for your input, I have learned much today that I will use again tomorrow!	[reply]

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Re^2: How do you Map & Disconnect Network Drives (in Windows)?
by perlofwisdom (Pilgrim) on Mar 26, 2008 at 18:05 UTC

The problem with the disconnect was that I had done a 'chdir' into the share after mounting it. And, since I was still sitting in the directory when I went to unmount it, it wouldn't release the mapping to the drive. As always thank you everyone for your input, I have learned much today that I will use again tomorrow!

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