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ant: copy file from remote location on windows

I want to copy a file present in a shared location to windows machine. Is there some way by which i can specify username and password while copying the file?

If i try to access using copy task, it is giving error saying location does not exist. is it because of permission?

<copy todir="C:/localdir">
    <fileset dir="\\\remotemachinename\dirname"> 
    </fileset> 
</copy>
Solution

  • I think you may have the address wrong.

    I just tried the following tests successfully(2 slashes):

    dir="\\remotemachinename\dirname"
dir="//remotemachinename/dirname"

    But this was unsuccessful (3 backslashes):

    dir="\\\remotemachinename\dirname"

    However, no password was required for the directory I was accessing.