# Loading CSV Files from a network drive

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-csv-files-from-a-network-drive/57268>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [26 January 2022 15:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-csv-files-from-a-network-drive/57268 "2022-01-26T15:19:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![pete\_hart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@pete\_hart](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pete_hart)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2022 15:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-csv-files-from-a-network-drive/57268/1 "2022-01-26T15:19:16Z")

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Hey All,

Looking to use NR to monitor a network folder, and when a csv (of a known name) is loaded in that folder, use the File-In node to load that file. I have tried everything I can thing to access this network file, but I am having no success accessing that file.

The path to the file is \192.168.0.1\sda1\testing\ScaleData.csv.

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If I match that path in my file in node, I get the error "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '\192.168.0.1\sda1\Testing\ScaleData.csv'" which just means NR cant find this file.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/b/fbac79d660d81071db5d3a0415590af6df9d10ea.jpeg)

I have also tried a ton of different formats for this file name

- \\\\192.168.0.1\\sda1\\testing\\scaleData.csv
- [//192.168.0.1/sda1/testing/scaleData.csv](https://192.168.0.1/sda1/testing/scaleData.csv)
- ////192.168.0.1/sda1/testing/scaleData.csv
- \\192.168.0.1/sda1/testing/scaleData.csv.
- etc.

For the life of me I cant figure out how to get to my network file. I installed the fs node to try to see all the files in the directory but also had little success. I tried basically all the same formats as above with the file listener and still couldnt acces any files.

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Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong?  
Thanks,  
Pete

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**Author:** ![Sean-McG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sean-mcg/32/54677_2.png) [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2022 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-csv-files-from-a-network-drive/57268/2 "2022-01-26T18:46:53Z")

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I'm no expert on Linux, but could you not mount the remote directory on the NR server and access it by a local path ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 March 2022 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-csv-files-from-a-network-drive/57268/3 "2022-03-27T18:47:18Z")

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