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Can I use UNC paths in NetBeans IDE?

April 26, 2017IDE netbeans paths UNC

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Can I use UNC paths in NetBeans IDE?

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Yes. What works now: • create/open project at UNC path • build project on UNC path. You have to use the version of Ant bundled with the IDE, which is the default (Issue 146948). • start IDE with userdir/jdkhome in UNC path • start IDE in UNC path • add JDK platform in UNC path to IDE • place IDE in a UNC drive using the installer What doesn’t work (yet) • Building Javadoc on a project on a UNC path will probably fail, due to an apparent bug in the javadoc tool. • Building a project on a UNC path using stock Ant 1.7.1. Ant 1.7.0 may work, and Ant 1.7.2/1.8.0 should work too. • You cannot cd to a UNC path in cmd.exe, making it harder to test command-line Ant builds. You can however use ant -f server\path\project\build.xml (unless using Ant 1.7.1). Other notes • File -> URL/URI conversion does not currently work very well for UNC paths in Java, so if your program manipulates files using URL/Is and your data files are on a UNC drive, it may encounter problems.