Save Byte Array to UNC Path

Question

When I use

System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("\\server\\tmp\\" + FileName, fileData);

It always seems to add "C:" to the beginning so it tries to save to c:\server\temp...

Is there a way around this?

Try a string-literal (prepending the @): WriteAllBytes(@"\\server\tmp\" + FileName, fileData); — newfurniturey
– newfurniturey, Commented Apr 26, 2013 at 2:52

Srikanth Venugopalan · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-26 02:53:46Z

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I believe this is because the double backslash isn't escaped.

Try this instead:

System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(@"\\server\tmp\" + FileName, fileData);

answered Apr 26, 2013 at 2:53

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newfurniturey · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-26 02:54:53Z

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Your current path evaluates to \server\tmp\... which will default to c:\server\tmp\....

To make a UNC path, you'll need an extra escaped directory-separator:

System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("\\\\server\\tmp\\" + FileName, fileData);

or you can use a string-literal instead:

System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(@"\\server\tmp\" + FileName, fileData);

answered Apr 26, 2013 at 2:54

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roybalderama · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-26 02:56:31Z

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How about his:

System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(Path.Combine(@"\\server\tmp", FileName), fileData);

answered Apr 26, 2013 at 2:56

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