Drive mapping
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Drive mapping is the process of associating a local drive letter with a shared storage area on a remote computer (often called a file server) over a computer network. Once a drive has been mapped, applications on the client computer can read and write files on the remote storage as if it were a locally attached hard disk drive, using the assigned letter in file paths. Drive mapping is primarily a concept in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, where storage locations are identified by drive letters (A–Z). Unix and Linux systems do not use drive letters; instead, remote file systems are mounted at a point within the directory tree.
Drive mapping is the process of associating a local drive letter with a shared storage area on a remote computer (often called a file server) over a computer network. Once a drive has been mapped, applications on the client computer can read and write files on the remote storage as if it were a locally attached hard disk drive, using the assigned letter in file paths. Drive mapping is primarily a concept in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, where storage locations are identified by drive letters (A–Z). Unix and Linux systems do not use drive letters; instead, remote file systems are mounted at a point within the directory tree.
See also
Mount (computing) Drive letter assignment SUBST Network File System Server Message Block
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