Is there an API call, or a method of the FileSystemObject that I can
use to test if a path is a UNC?

I don't need to know that UNC actually exists, I simply need a
reliable way (no string parsing for \\!) to know if the path is local.

Any ideas?

Alastair

???

Why is this not adequate???

If Left(Trim(sPath)) = "\\" Then
    'it's UNC...
Else
    'it's not...
Endif

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Michael Harris
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If looking both for files and folders, drop the \.[^\\*/\?<>\|]+ from
the end of regexp. Drop part for matching local paths, port to VBS
should be straightforward (wherever doubled - drop one backslash, leaving
only one...).

function isFQfN(sFQfN) {
// Return true if passed string is in Fully Qualified file Name format
// (does NOT try to confirm if file really exists)

 // will match ONLY UNC PATH: \\MyServ\MyFldr1\ ... \myfile.ext
 var re = /^\\{2}(?:[^\\*/\?<>\|]+\\){2,}(?:[^\\*/\?<>\|]+\.[^\\*/\?<>\|]+)$/;
 if (re.test(sFQfN)) return true; // >>>

 // will match ONLY LOCAL PATH: C:\myfile.ext OR
 //        C:\MyFldr1\ ... \myfile.ext
 re = /^[A-Za-z]:\\(?:[^\\*/\?<>\|]+\\)*(?:[^\\*/\?<>\|]+\.[^\\*/\?<>\|]+)$/;
 if (re.test(sFQfN)) return true; // >>>

 return false;      // >>>

Branimir

seems to be the question: Is a UNC and Is path Local are two different
question since a UNC could refer to a path on the hosting machine.

All UNC paths are treated by the OS as remote resources even if they refer to a share on the local
machine...

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I guess my point was LOCAL has very little meaning, it is either a shared
resource (with its contingent security issues) or NOT.  Seems a lot like a
default = working = current directory - names which have very little
meaning.

to a share on the local