[Mono-list] FileSystemWatcher on Linux to monitor a remote NTFS share

[Robert Jordan]

colinjones wrote:
> I don't think there is any point trying to mount the remote share, or
> anything like that because the FileSystemWatcher class needs to parse the
> UNC path to get the remote machine name so that it can connect to the same
> functionality on the remote machine using COM communications. 

Linux does not support UNC paths, nor Mono does. And CIFS does not
need COM :).

You have to mount the Windows share with OS' machinery (smbmount).
Then you can use the share like a local path.

Robert