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Network Shares and UNC paths

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Classes to enumerate network shares on local and remote machines, and convert local file paths to UNC paths.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Trinet.Networking
{
	#region Share Type
	
	/// <summary>
	/// Type of share
	/// </summary>
	[Flags]
	public enum ShareType
	{
		/// <summary>Disk share</summary>
		Disk		= 0,
		/// <summary>Printer share</summary>
		Printer		= 1,
		/// <summary>Device share</summary>
		Device		= 2,
		/// <summary>IPC share</summary>
		IPC			= 3,
		/// <summary>Special share</summary>
		Special		= -2147483648, // 0x80000000,
	}
	
	#endregion
	
	#region Share
	
	/// <summary>
	/// Information about a local share
	/// </summary>
	public class Share
	{
		#region Private data
		
		private string _server;
		private string _netName;
		private string _path;
		private ShareType _shareType;
		private string _remark;
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Constructor

		/// <summary>
		/// Constructor
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="Server"></param>
		/// <param name="shi"></param>
		public Share(string server, string netName, string path, ShareType shareType, string remark) 
		{
			if (ShareType.Special == shareType && "IPC$" == netName)
			{
				shareType |= ShareType.IPC;
			}
			
			_server = server;
			_netName = netName;
			_path = path;
			_shareType = shareType;
			_remark = remark;
		}
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Properties

		/// <summary>
		/// The name of the computer that this share belongs to
		/// </summary>
		public string Server 
		{
			get { return _server; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Share name
		/// </summary>
		public string NetName 
		{
			get { return _netName; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Local path
		/// </summary>
		public string Path 
		{
			get { return _path; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Share type
		/// </summary>
		public ShareType ShareType 
		{
			get { return _shareType; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Comment
		/// </summary>
		public string Remark 
		{
			get { return _remark; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns true if this is a file system share
		/// </summary>
		public bool IsFileSystem 
		{
			get 
			{
				// Shared device
				if (0 != (_shareType & ShareType.Device)) return false;
				// IPC share
				if (0 != (_shareType & ShareType.IPC)) return false;
				// Shared printer
				if (0 != (_shareType & ShareType.Printer)) return false;
				
				// Standard disk share
				if (0 == (_shareType & ShareType.Special)) return true;
				
				// Special disk share (e.g. C$)
				if (ShareType.Special == _shareType && null != _netName && 0 != _netName.Length)
					return true;
				else
					return false;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Get the root of a disk-based share
		/// </summary>
		public DirectoryInfo Root 
		{
			get 
			{
				if (IsFileSystem) 
				{
					if (null == _server || 0 == _server.Length)
						if (null == _path || 0 == _path.Length)
							return new DirectoryInfo(ToString());
						else
							return new DirectoryInfo(_path);
					else
						return new DirectoryInfo(ToString());
				}
				else 
					return null;
			}
		}
		
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the path to this share
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public override string ToString() 
		{
			if (null == _server || 0 == _server.Length)
			{
				return string.Format(@"\\{0}\{1}", Environment.MachineName, _netName);
			}
			else
				return string.Format(@"\\{0}\{1}", _server, _netName);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns true if this share matches the local path
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="path"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public bool MatchesPath(string path) 
		{
			if (!IsFileSystem) return false;
			if (null == path || 0 == path.Length) return true;
			
			return path.ToLower().StartsWith(_path.ToLower());
		}
	}
	
	#endregion
	
	#region Share Collection
	
	/// <summary>
	/// A collection of shares
	/// </summary>
	public class ShareCollection : ReadOnlyCollectionBase
	{
		#region Platform
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Is this an NT platform?
		/// </summary>
		protected static bool IsNT
		{
			get { return (PlatformID.Win32NT == Environment.OSVersion.Platform); }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns true if this is Windows 2000 or higher
		/// </summary>
		protected static bool IsW2KUp
		{
			get 
			{
				OperatingSystem os = Environment.OSVersion;
				if (PlatformID.Win32NT == os.Platform && os.Version.Major >= 5) 
					return true;
				else 
					return false;
			}
		}
		
		#endregion

		#region Interop
		
		#region Constants
		
		/// <summary>Maximum path length</summary>
		protected const int MAX_PATH = 260;
		/// <summary>No error</summary>
		protected const int NO_ERROR = 0;
		/// <summary>Access denied</summary>
		protected const int ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 5;
		/// <summary>Access denied</summary>
		protected const int ERROR_WRONG_LEVEL = 124;
		/// <summary>More data available</summary>
		protected const int ERROR_MORE_DATA = 234;
		/// <summary>Not connected</summary>
		protected const int ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED = 2250;
		/// <summary>Level 1</summary>
		protected const int UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO_LEVEL = 1;
		/// <summary>Max extries (9x)</summary>
		protected const int MAX_SI50_ENTRIES = 20;
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Structures
		
		/// <summary>Unc name</summary>
		[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
		protected struct UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO 
		{
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
			public string lpUniversalName;
		}

		/// <summary>Share information, NT, level 2</summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// Requires admin rights to work. 
		/// </remarks>
		[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
		protected struct SHARE_INFO_2 
		{
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
			public string NetName;
			public ShareType ShareType;
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
			public string Remark;
			public int Permissions;
			public int MaxUsers;
			public int CurrentUsers;
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
			public string Path;
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
			public string Password;
		}
		
		/// <summary>Share information, NT, level 1</summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// Fallback when no admin rights.
		/// </remarks>
		[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
		protected struct SHARE_INFO_1 
		{
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
			public string NetName;
			public ShareType ShareType;
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
			public string Remark;
		}
		
		/// <summary>Share information, Win9x</summary>
		[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Ansi, Pack=1)]
		protected struct SHARE_INFO_50 
		{
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=13)]
			public string NetName;

			public byte bShareType;
			public ushort Flags;
			
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
			public string Remark;
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
			public string Path;

			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=9)]
			public string PasswordRW;
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=9)]
			public string PasswordRO;
			
			public ShareType ShareType
			{
				get { return (ShareType)((int)bShareType & 0x7F); }
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>Share information level 1, Win9x</summary>
		[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Ansi, Pack=1)]
		protected struct SHARE_INFO_1_9x 
		{
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=13)]
			public string NetName;
			public byte Padding;

			public ushort bShareType;
			
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
			public string Remark;
			
			public ShareType ShareType
			{
				get { return (ShareType)((int)bShareType & 0x7FFF); }
			}
		}

		#endregion
		
		#region Functions
		
		/// <summary>Get a UNC name</summary>
		[DllImport("mpr", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
		protected static extern int WNetGetUniversalName (string lpLocalPath,
			int dwInfoLevel, ref UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO lpBuffer, ref int lpBufferSize);

		/// <summary>Get a UNC name</summary>
		[DllImport("mpr", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
		protected static extern int WNetGetUniversalName (string lpLocalPath,
			int dwInfoLevel, IntPtr lpBuffer, ref int lpBufferSize);

		/// <summary>Enumerate shares (NT)</summary>
		[DllImport("netapi32", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
		protected static extern int NetShareEnum (string lpServerName, int dwLevel,
			out IntPtr lpBuffer, int dwPrefMaxLen, out int entriesRead,
			out int totalEntries, ref int hResume);

		/// <summary>Enumerate shares (9x)</summary>
		[DllImport("svrapi", CharSet=CharSet.Ansi)]
		protected static extern int NetShareEnum(
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] string lpServerName, int dwLevel,
			IntPtr lpBuffer, ushort cbBuffer, out ushort entriesRead,
			out ushort totalEntries);

		/// <summary>Free the buffer (NT)</summary>
		[DllImport("netapi32")]
		protected static extern int NetApiBufferFree(IntPtr lpBuffer);
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Enumerate shares
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Enumerates the shares on Windows NT
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="server">The server name</param>
		/// <param name="shares">The ShareCollection</param>
		protected static void EnumerateSharesNT(string server, ShareCollection shares)
		{
			int level = 2;
			int entriesRead, totalEntries, nRet, hResume = 0;
			IntPtr pBuffer = IntPtr.Zero;

			try 
			{
				nRet = NetShareEnum(server, level, out pBuffer, -1, 
					out entriesRead, out totalEntries, ref hResume);

				if (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED == nRet) 
				{
					//Need admin for level 2, drop to level 1
					level = 1;
					nRet = NetShareEnum(server, level, out pBuffer, -1, 
						out entriesRead, out totalEntries, ref hResume);
				}

				if (NO_ERROR == nRet && entriesRead > 0) 
				{
					Type t = (2 == level) ? typeof(SHARE_INFO_2) : typeof(SHARE_INFO_1);
					int offset = Marshal.SizeOf(t);

					for (int i=0, lpItem=pBuffer.ToInt32(); i<entriesRead; i++, lpItem+=offset) 
					{
						IntPtr pItem = new IntPtr(lpItem);
						if (1 == level) 
						{
							SHARE_INFO_1 si = (SHARE_INFO_1)Marshal.PtrToStructure(pItem, t);
							shares.Add(si.NetName, string.Empty, si.ShareType, si.Remark);
						}
						else 
						{
							SHARE_INFO_2 si = (SHARE_INFO_2)Marshal.PtrToStructure(pItem, t);
							shares.Add(si.NetName, si.Path, si.ShareType, si.Remark);
						}
					}
				}
				
			}
			finally 
			{
				// Clean up buffer allocated by system
				if (IntPtr.Zero != pBuffer) 
					NetApiBufferFree(pBuffer);
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Enumerates the shares on Windows 9x
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="server">The server name</param>
		/// <param name="shares">The ShareCollection</param>
		protected static void EnumerateShares9x(string server, ShareCollection shares)
		{
			int level = 50;
			int nRet = 0;
			ushort entriesRead, totalEntries;
			
			Type t = typeof(SHARE_INFO_50);
			int size = Marshal.SizeOf(t);
			ushort cbBuffer = (ushort)(MAX_SI50_ENTRIES * size);
			//On Win9x, must allocate buffer before calling API
			IntPtr pBuffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(cbBuffer);

			try 
			{
				nRet = NetShareEnum(server, level, pBuffer, cbBuffer, 
					out entriesRead, out totalEntries);
				
				if (ERROR_WRONG_LEVEL == nRet)
				{
					level = 1;
					t = typeof(SHARE_INFO_1_9x);
					size = Marshal.SizeOf(t);
					
					nRet = NetShareEnum(server, level, pBuffer, cbBuffer, 
						out entriesRead, out totalEntries);
				}

				if (NO_ERROR == nRet || ERROR_MORE_DATA == nRet) 
				{
					for (int i=0, lpItem=pBuffer.ToInt32(); i<entriesRead; i++, lpItem+=size) 
					{
						IntPtr pItem = new IntPtr(lpItem);
						
						if (1 == level)
						{
							SHARE_INFO_1_9x si = (SHARE_INFO_1_9x)Marshal.PtrToStructure(pItem, t);
							shares.Add(si.NetName, string.Empty, si.ShareType, si.Remark);
						}
						else
						{
							SHARE_INFO_50 si = (SHARE_INFO_50)Marshal.PtrToStructure(pItem, t);
							shares.Add(si.NetName, si.Path, si.ShareType, si.Remark);
						}
					}
				}
				else
					Console.WriteLine(nRet);
				
			}
			finally 
			{
				//Clean up buffer
				Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pBuffer);
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Enumerates the shares
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="server">The server name</param>
		/// <param name="shares">The ShareCollection</param>
		protected static void EnumerateShares(string server, ShareCollection shares)
		{
			if (null != server && 0 != server.Length && !IsW2KUp) 
			{
				server = server.ToUpper();
				
				// On NT4, 9x and Me, server has to start with "\\"
				if (!('\\' == server[0] && '\\' == server[1])) 
					server = @"\\" + server;
			}
		
			if (IsNT)
				EnumerateSharesNT(server, shares);
			else
				EnumerateShares9x(server, shares);
		}
		
		#endregion
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Static methods

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns true if fileName is a valid local file-name of the form:
		/// X:\, where X is a drive letter from A-Z
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="fileName">The filename to check</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static bool IsValidFilePath(string fileName) 
		{
			if (null == fileName || 0 == fileName.Length) return false;

			char drive = char.ToUpper(fileName[0]);
			if ('A' > drive || drive > 'Z') 
				return false;
			
			else if (Path.VolumeSeparatorChar != fileName[1]) 
				return false;
			else if (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar != fileName[2]) 
				return false;
			else 
				return true;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the UNC path for a mapped drive or local share.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="fileName">The path to map</param>
		/// <returns>The UNC path (if available)</returns>
		public static string PathToUnc(string fileName) 
		{
			if (null == fileName || 0 == fileName.Length) return string.Empty;
			
			fileName = Path.GetFullPath(fileName);
			if (!IsValidFilePath(fileName)) return fileName;
			
			int nRet = 0;
			UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO rni = new UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO();
			int bufferSize = Marshal.SizeOf(rni);

			nRet = WNetGetUniversalName(
				fileName, UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO_LEVEL, 
				ref rni, ref bufferSize);
			
			if (ERROR_MORE_DATA == nRet) 
			{
				IntPtr pBuffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(bufferSize);;
				try 
				{
					nRet = WNetGetUniversalName(
						fileName, UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO_LEVEL, 
						pBuffer, ref bufferSize);

					if (NO_ERROR == nRet) 
					{
						rni = (UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO)Marshal.PtrToStructure(pBuffer,
							typeof(UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO));
					}
				}
				finally 
				{
					Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pBuffer);
				}
			}

			switch (nRet) 
			{
				case NO_ERROR:
					return rni.lpUniversalName;

				case ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED:
					//Local file-name
					ShareCollection shi = LocalShares;
					if (null != shi)
					{
						Share share = shi[fileName];
						if (null != share)
						{
							string path = share.Path;
							if (null != path && 0 != path.Length)
							{
								int index = path.Length;
								if (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar != path[path.Length - 1])
									index++;
								
								if (index < fileName.Length)
									fileName = fileName.Substring(index);
								else
									fileName = string.Empty;
								
								fileName = Path.Combine(share.ToString(), fileName);
							}
						}
					}
					
					return fileName;

				default:
					Console.WriteLine("Unknown return value: {0}", nRet);
					return string.Empty;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the local <see cref="Share"/> object with the best match
		/// to the specified path.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="fileName"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static Share PathToShare(string fileName) 
		{
			if (null == fileName || 0 == fileName.Length) return null;

			fileName = Path.GetFullPath(fileName);
			if (!IsValidFilePath(fileName)) return null;

			ShareCollection shi = LocalShares;
			if (null == shi) 
				return null;
			else 
				return shi[fileName];
		}
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Local shares
		
		/// <summary>The local shares</summary>
		private static ShareCollection _local = null;

		/// <summary>
		/// Return the local shares
		/// </summary>
		public static ShareCollection LocalShares 
		{
			get 
			{
				if (null == _local) 
					_local = new ShareCollection();
				
				return _local;
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Return the shares for a specified machine
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="server"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static ShareCollection GetShares(string server)
		{
			return new ShareCollection(server);
		}

		#endregion
		
		#region Private Data

		/// <summary>The name of the server this collection represents</summary>
		private string _server;
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Constructor

		/// <summary>
		/// Default constructor - local machine
		/// </summary>
		public ShareCollection() 
		{
			_server = string.Empty;
			EnumerateShares(_server, this);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Constructor
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="Server"></param>
		public ShareCollection(string server) 
		{
			_server = server;
			EnumerateShares(_server, this);
		}
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Add
		
		protected void Add(Share share)
		{
			InnerList.Add(share);
		}
		
		protected void Add(string netName, string path, ShareType shareType, string remark)
		{
			InnerList.Add(new Share(_server, netName, path, shareType, remark));
		}
		
		#endregion
		
		#region Properties

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the name of the server this collection represents
		/// </summary>
		public string Server 
		{
			get { return _server; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the <see cref="Share"/> at the specified index.
		/// </summary>
		public Share this[int index] 
		{
			get { return (Share)InnerList[index]; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the <see cref="Share"/> which matches a given local path
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="path">The path to match</param>
		public Share this[string path] 
		{
			get 
			{
				if (null == path || 0 == path.Length) return null;
				
				path = Path.GetFullPath(path);
				if (!IsValidFilePath(path)) return null;

				Share match = null;
				
				for(int i=0; i<InnerList.Count; i++) 
				{
					Share s = (Share)InnerList[i];
					
					if (s.IsFileSystem && s.MatchesPath(path)) 
					{
						//Store first match
						if (null == match) 
							match = s;

						// If this has a longer path,
						// and this is a disk share or match is a special share, 
						// then this is a better match
						else if (match.Path.Length < s.Path.Length) 
						{
							if (ShareType.Disk == s.ShareType || ShareType.Disk != match.ShareType)
								match = s;
						}
					}
				}

				return match;
			}
		}
		
		#endregion

		#region Implementation of ICollection

		/// <summary>
		/// Copy this collection to an array
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="array"></param>
		/// <param name="index"></param>
		public void CopyTo(Share[] array, int index) 
		{
			InnerList.CopyTo(array, index);
		}

		#endregion
	}
	
	#endregion
}

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