Hi Peter,

I think Scripting may be another solution.

oFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
oDrive=oFso.Drives
?oDrive.Count
oDr=oDrive.Item("p:") && Substitute a network share
?oDr.ShareName

>Hi Tore,
>
>Via the FoxWiki I found this great text, and it includes a function that is THE solution!
>
>http://www.civilsolutions.com.au/publications/getuncpath.htm
>
>BTW, URL and UNC are different things, IMO. It was really a matter of writing URL while I mean and know it should be UNC.
>
>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>In this case URL and UNC have the same meaning, doesn't it? By the way, I hope you found a solution.
>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>Here's my current problem. I have several variables that hold folder names. Some of them contain a URL, like "\\F0D0010\APPS\MYAPP\DATA", wheras others are drive letter oriented, like "F:\MYAPP\DATA" where F: might be a drive mapping to "\\F0D0010\APPS".
>>>>
>>>>I need a routine that tells me about an eventual match, like in:
>>>>

cVar1 = "F:\MYAPP\DATA"
>>>>cVar2 = "\\F0D0010\APPS\MYAPP\DATA"
>>>>*
>>>>? FoldersAreSame( cVar1, cVar2 )

>>>>Who can put me on the right track?
>>>
>>>Where I wrote URL, I mean UNC.