>>>>When a built-in function like DIRECTORY(), FILE() or FCREATE() is passed a UNC-path that does not (no longer) exist, it takes a very long time to tell you that. Is there an API function that can tell this much quicker?
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>>>What is "a very long time"?
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>>A minute.
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>Check your DNS setup. I can see both existent and none existent shares in under 2 seconds across a WAN.
NSLOOKUP gives quick response.
Suppose the whole not-existing UNC is '\\K1126SF\APPS\TESTDATA\504\SPL\LIVE' and I do in a Dos box:
nslookup k1126sf
the result is immediate.
Might this also be a promissing workaround?
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