Assign IP address to some drive

Selvakumar has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Assign IP address to some drive by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 18, 2009 at 12:57 UTC
Some variation on `subst u: \\12.13.12.345\c$` should do the trick. And an unadorned `subst` will show you which substitutions are currently in force. From Perl, just use the above with system or a piped open. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Assign IP address to some drive by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 18, 2009 at 13:01 UTC
I'm not sure I understand what you are asking here. You want to assign a drive letter to an IP address? Look at the command line `net use` which will show you the local drive letter and the remote path it is currently assigned to. You've not mentioned that you want to do this in Perl, is that your goal? If so I'm sure theres some module out there to make this easier. Update: I forgot to mention that you can use net use to mount remote drives, see `net use /?` for examples. Martin	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Assign IP address to some drive by Selvakumar (Scribe) on Jun 19, 2009 at 13:02 UTC
Hi Martin, Yes i would like to achieve thru perl. I need to map some server ip to some drive and i need to find the same.	[reply]
Re^3: Assign IP address to some drive by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 19, 2009 at 13:16 UTC
Hi Selvakumar, As I said there may be a module on cpan, you'd have to search around. Failing that you could look at BrowserUk's advice suggesting system or open. Martin	[reply]