Code for accessing remote file structure

[__Z__]

Here's what I'd like to do:
Computer A is in Texas. Computer B is in Idaho. I need to use
Computer A to the file system on Computer B.

Both computers have Internet connections, but they won't be configured
as webservers. Is there a good starting point for doing this kind of
point-to-point stuff, or will the code have to be written from the
ground up? This is part of a larger program, so I believe I need a
library (preferrably with source).

Even a buzzword or two would help me to do searches for code.

[Arkady Frenkel]

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"__Z__" <__Z__@_notvalid.net> wrote in message
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Here's what I'd like to do:
Computer A is in Texas. Computer B is in Idaho. I need to use
Computer A to the file system on Computer B.

Both computers have Internet connections, but they won't be configured
as webservers. Is there a good starting point for doing this kind of
point-to-point stuff, or will the code have to be written from the
ground up? This is part of a larger program, so I believe I need a
library (preferrably with source).

Even a buzzword or two would help me to do searches for code.

[Eugene Gershnik]

__Z__ wrote:

Here's what I'd like to do:
Computer A is in Texas. Computer B is in Idaho. I need to use
Computer A to the file system on Computer B.

Both computers have Internet connections, but they won't be
configured as webservers. Is there a good starting point for doing
this kind of point-to-point stuff, or will the code have to be
written from the ground up? This is part of a larger program, so I
believe I need a library (preferrably with source).

Even a buzzword or two would help me to do searches for code.

VPN, FTP, CIFS, NFS, WebDAV (I don't understand a requirement about not
being web server btw.)
This problem is probably 40 years old and you don't need to write a single
line of code as long as you are willing to use other people's solutions.

Eugene

[Ayende Rahien]

"__Z__" <__Z__@_notvalid.net> wrote in message
news:j1********************************@4ax.com...

Here's what I'd like to do:
Computer A is in Texas. Computer B is in Idaho. I need to use
Computer A to the file system on Computer B.

Both computers have Internet connections, but they won't be configured
as webservers. Is there a good starting point for doing this kind of
point-to-point stuff, or will the code have to be written from the
ground up? This is part of a larger program, so I believe I need a
library (preferrably with source).

Even a buzzword or two would help me to do searches for code.

You can try a webservice that expose the file structure.
What about creating a VPN of both computers? That would allow you to "see"
the other computer as:
\\computer_in_idaho