Hi, when monitoring UNC paths

\\server_name\share_name\parent\target\

There doesn't seem to be any Dynamic Naming variables that contains the server name, share name or the full location being monitored.  More specifically, the server and share name seem "invisible" to the dynamic naming variables.

So in the example above, the dynamic variables are set like:

Drive            = ""
Dir                    = "\parent\target\"
MonitoredDir      = "\parent\target\"
RelativeDir              = ""
FirstDir              = "target"
ParentDir          = "target"

Even "OriginalFull" is something like "\parent\target\myfile.txt"

Nowhere does the server or share name appear.

However %WD_DIR% and %WD_FILE% do contain the full UNC path and file name.

So I am wondering if Dynamic Naming could include a new variable that would contain either the local drive or the server name depending on what you are monitoring.  You could call it 'Volume', or 'Source' or (shudder) 'Root'.

Also have the other dynamic directory variables like "MonitoredDir" and "OriginalFull" be adjusted to contain server and share names when monitoring UNC paths.

I suggest the new variable, let's call it 'volume',  would also contain the necessary syntax for example either 'c:' or '\\server_name' so that it will work in either scenario - monitoring local or UNC paths:

Monitoring c:\monitor\parent

{volume}\{MonitoredDir} = {c:}\{monitor\parent} = c:\monitor\parent

Monitoring \\server\share\parent

{volume}\{MonitoredDir} = {\\server}\{share\parent} = \\server\share\parent

I realize that any Task is monitoring an actual server and actual share which will not change, so these values can be hardcoded in any dynamic rename within that task.  So this isn't a bug and doesn't really limit you much, but for cloning tasks or copying tasks between servers, this might be nice and would give you less customization per task.

The current {drive} variable is only set for local disks (C, D, ...). For the next release, when you monitor a network share it is set to \\server\sharename.

WD 4.8.9 will be released later this week or this weekend.