remote file access

[blear]

Need to know how to access files on remote servers w/ no webserver running.

Example.

I want to parse the file DATAFILE.TXT which is located on an internal network located at

[code]\\direct\subdir\[/code]

At present,

[code] $fileName='DATAFILE.TXT';
$fileParse = fread('\\\\direct\\subdir\\' . $fileName,'r');[/code]

Gives me the error(s) :

Warning: fopen(\\direct\subdir\DATAFILE.TXT) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in SRV_PATH/matrixPHPFunctions.php on line 6

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in SRV_PATH/matrixPHPFunctions.php on line 7

Where SRV_PATH is truncation of the php scripts' location on webserver. These files change frequently on that remote server, it isnt really feasible to move them to the webserver.

[fatherted]

maybe map it as a drive

e.g net use e: \\direct\subdir\

then just reference e:

[blear]

The webserver is SuSE 10, the other I am not sure, probably Windows. I have full root access to the webserver, and it is running samba. The remote server, no idea.

This Q may be beyond scope of this forum, but is it possible to mount a windows net resource to a reiser fs (SuSE 10)?