Addresses - Technical Details

This information may prove interesting to the technically-minded user but it is not essential reading.

PMIO uses five kinds of addresses ; Local, Shared, Mapped, Internet and Basket.

Local addresses

Local addresses are used to identify files and folders on hard disks and removable volumes such as CDs, floppies and so on. Here is an example of a folder on the C drive:

File name	C:\Pictures
Address	Local\11F3353B\Pictures
Display name	Pictures on 11F3353B

As you can see, the address contains no drive identifier at all, but it uses the volume serial number to identify the volume. PMIO tries to use the file name whenever possible, so you will rarely see the other forms of the address. If you use removable volumes, you may see the other forms of the address appear when the volume is not mounted. As soon as you mount the volume in a drive, the file name form will be used, because the drive letter is now known.

Shared addresses

Shared addresses are used to identify files and folders which are shared on the local network. Here is an example of a shared folder:

File name	\\Beefy\Tuesday
Address	Shared\Beefy\Tuesday
Display name	\\Beefy\Tuesday

You should never see the address in its raw form because the system should always be able to resolve the location of the folder.

Mapped addresses

Mapped addresses are used to identify files and folders which are located on mapped network drives. Such drives do not contain real volumes, and therefore have no serial number. Here is an example:

File name	N:\Users
Address	Mapped\N\Users
Display name	N:\Users

Again, you should never see the address in its raw form.

Internet addresses

Internet addresses are used to identify files and folders which are located on the Internet. Here is an example:

URL	http://www.abc.fi/
Address	Internet\http\www.abc.fi
Display name	http://www.abc.fi/
Cached file name	C:\Program Files\Pmio\Data\Internet Cache\http\www.abc.fi

See also:

About Addresses

About Locations