Aliasing Multilevel Directories on Windows NT

In contrast to Windows 95, Windows NT allows you to use multiple-level UNC path names when mapping a drive. Solstice Network Provider creates an alias when you map a drive using either the NFS or UNC path formats. You do not need to browse a file system in order to create an alias.

If you map a drive to the file system /usr/doctools/dp on the server bluebird, using either the NFS path bluebird:/usr/doctools/dp or the UNC path \\bluebird\usr\doctools\dp, the resulting server alias would be \\bluebird and the share alias would be \dp.

You could then use the UNC format name in a Windows application or from DOS, using either the alias \\bluebird\dp or the full path \\bluebird\usr\doctools\dp.

If you look at your network drive connections through Windows NT's My Computer, or use the net use command in DOS, you see the full paths rather than the aliases of your network drives.