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It is stated in the faq that UNC is not supported. As we are having our wsusoffline on a share have I run into this issue and did some research how to deal with this instead of using net use workaround (as we wanna use the same repository on external hard discs as well using the same script).

I have then found this post https://superuser.com/questions/282963/ ... ping-it-to which turned out to be a very easy way to add UNC as pushd command automatically mounts a network drive and popd dismounts it again

As this would help others as well have I added a patch which changes all cd commands to pushd and popd command to add UNC network path support - so scripts can be easily run from a network share or local hard disc without any change or wrapper script needed.

In short what the patch does is replace in all cmds:
cd /D "%~dp0"
with:
pushd "%~dp0"

and adding popd at the end of the file before endlocal.

Would be great if this patch could be applied.

Thanks,
Oliver

phpbb doesn't allow me to attach a text file therefore here the patchs content:

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From b86aa0df820aee10160477cc8e714045ae15f50c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Sauder <os@esite.ch>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 15:26:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] use pushd and popd for UNC support

---
 client/cmd/DoUpdate.cmd              | 4 ++--
 client/cmd/RecallStub.cmd            | 3 ++-
 cmd/DownloadUpdates.cmd              | 3 ++-
 cmd/IntegrateSourcesSxsFolder.cmd    | 3 ++-
 cmd/RemoveCustomLanguageSupport.cmd  | 3 ++-
 cmd/RemoveEnglishLanguageSupport.cmd | 3 ++-
 cmd/RemoveGermanLanguageSupport.cmd  | 3 ++-
 cmd/RemoveOffice2010x64Support.cmd   | 3 ++-
 cmd/UpdateOU.cmd                     | 5 +++--
 9 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/cmd/DoUpdate.cmd b/client/cmd/DoUpdate.cmd
index 9cbb0ab..16f5fba 100644
--- a/client/cmd/DoUpdate.cmd
+++ b/client/cmd/DoUpdate.cmd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
 if "%DIRCMD%" NEQ "" set DIRCMD=
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 set WSUSOFFLINE_VERSION=9.6+ (r661)
 title %~n0 %*
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ if exist .\custom\FinalizationHook.cmd (
   popd
   echo %DATE% %TIME% - Info: Executed custom finalization hook ^(Errorlevel: %errorlevel%^)>>%UPDATE_LOGFILE%
 )
-cd ..
+popd
 echo Ending WSUS Offline Update at %TIME%...
 echo %DATE% %TIME% - Info: Ending WSUS Offline Update>>%UPDATE_LOGFILE%
 title %ComSpec%
diff --git a/client/cmd/RecallStub.cmd b/client/cmd/RecallStub.cmd
index e5dcdb6..2da3671 100644
--- a/client/cmd/RecallStub.cmd
+++ b/client/cmd/RecallStub.cmd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setlocal
 
 if "%UPDATE_LOGFILE%"=="" set UPDATE_LOGFILE=%SystemRoot%\wsusofflineupdate.log
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 if exist %UPDATE_LOGFILE% echo.>>%UPDATE_LOGFILE%
 if not exist RecallUpdate.cmd (
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ echo Rebooting...
 goto EoF
 
 :EoF
+popd
 endlocal
diff --git a/cmd/DownloadUpdates.cmd b/cmd/DownloadUpdates.cmd
index 4764ae1..74f9039 100644
--- a/cmd/DownloadUpdates.cmd
+++ b/cmd/DownloadUpdates.cmd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
 if "%DIRCMD%" NEQ "" set DIRCMD=
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 set WSUSOFFLINE_VERSION=9.6+ (r661)
 title %~n0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
@@ -1669,4 +1669,5 @@ if exist .\custom\FinalizationHook.cmd (
 echo Done.
 echo %DATE% %TIME% - Info: Ending WSUS Offline Update download for %1 %2>>%DOWNLOAD_LOGFILE%
 title %ComSpec%
+popd
 endlocal
diff --git a/cmd/IntegrateSourcesSxsFolder.cmd b/cmd/IntegrateSourcesSxsFolder.cmd
index 23907a5..df27594 100644
--- a/cmd/IntegrateSourcesSxsFolder.cmd
+++ b/cmd/IntegrateSourcesSxsFolder.cmd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ verify other 2>nul
 setlocal enableextensions
 if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 title %~n0 %1 %2 %3 %4
 set DOWNLOAD_LOGFILE=..\log\download.log
@@ -87,4 +87,5 @@ goto :eof
 
 :EoF
 title %ComSpec%
+popd
 endlocal
diff --git a/cmd/RemoveCustomLanguageSupport.cmd b/cmd/RemoveCustomLanguageSupport.cmd
index eb73304..7bc52cd 100644
--- a/cmd/RemoveCustomLanguageSupport.cmd
+++ b/cmd/RemoveCustomLanguageSupport.cmd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ verify other 2>nul
 setlocal enableextensions
 if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 for %%i in (fra esn jpn kor rus ptg ptb nld ita chs cht plk hun csy sve trk ell ara heb dan nor fin) do if /i "%1"=="%%i" goto ValidParams
 goto InvalidParams
@@ -91,4 +91,5 @@ echo.
 goto EoF
 
 :EoF
+popd
 endlocal
diff --git a/cmd/RemoveEnglishLanguageSupport.cmd b/cmd/RemoveEnglishLanguageSupport.cmd
index b4ac0ab..74a487d 100644
--- a/cmd/RemoveEnglishLanguageSupport.cmd
+++ b/cmd/RemoveEnglishLanguageSupport.cmd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ verify other 2>nul
 setlocal enableextensions
 if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 rem *** Remove support for enu from static URL files ***
 pushd ..\static
@@ -64,4 +64,5 @@ echo.
 goto EoF
 
 :EoF
+popd
 endlocal
diff --git a/cmd/RemoveGermanLanguageSupport.cmd b/cmd/RemoveGermanLanguageSupport.cmd
index 6dbc769..cd0e5b8 100644
--- a/cmd/RemoveGermanLanguageSupport.cmd
+++ b/cmd/RemoveGermanLanguageSupport.cmd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ verify other 2>nul
 setlocal enableextensions
 if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 rem *** Remove support for deu from static URL files ***
 pushd ..\static
@@ -64,4 +64,5 @@ echo.
 goto EoF
 
 :EoF
+popd
 endlocal
diff --git a/cmd/RemoveOffice2010x64Support.cmd b/cmd/RemoveOffice2010x64Support.cmd
index 752a80e..61e7653 100644
--- a/cmd/RemoveOffice2010x64Support.cmd
+++ b/cmd/RemoveOffice2010x64Support.cmd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ verify other 2>nul
 setlocal enableextensions
 if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 for %%i in (enu fra esn jpn kor rus ptg ptb deu nld ita chs cht plk hun csy sve trk ell ara heb dan nor fin) do if /i "%1"=="%%i" goto ValidParams
 goto InvalidParams
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ echo.
 goto EoF
 
 :EoF
+popd
 endlocal
diff --git a/cmd/UpdateOU.cmd b/cmd/UpdateOU.cmd
index a7c0e75..5ad574d 100644
--- a/cmd/UpdateOU.cmd
+++ b/cmd/UpdateOU.cmd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if errorlevel 1 goto NoExtensions
 
 if "%DIRCMD%" NEQ "" set DIRCMD=
 
-cd /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 set DOWNLOAD_LOGFILE=..\log\download.log
 if exist %DOWNLOAD_LOGFILE% (
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ if "%OX64_LANG%" NEQ "" (
 echo %DATE% %TIME% - Info: Updated custom language additions>>%DOWNLOAD_LOGFILE%
 if "%RESTART_GENERATOR%"=="1" (
   echo %DATE% %TIME% - Info: Ending WSUS Offline Update self update>>%DOWNLOAD_LOGFILE%
-  cd ..
+  popd
   start UpdateGenerator.exe
   start http://www.wsusoffline.net/donate.html
   exit
@@ -159,4 +159,5 @@ goto EoF
 :EoF
 echo %DATE% %TIME% - Info: Ending WSUS Offline Update self update>>%DOWNLOAD_LOGFILE%
 title %ComSpec%
+popd
 endlocal
--
1.9.1


Hi Oliver,

I'll think about that.

Thanks & regards
Torsten Wittrock

Hi Torsten,

Have you had the opportunity to look at this patch to see if it will work as suggested?

The ability to run WSUS Offline from a network share easily would be welcome by many, myself included

Kind Regards

Simon Zerafa

Hi!

SimonZerafa wrote:[...]The ability to run WSUS Offline from a network share easily would be welcome by many, myself included

Well, your suggestion may be elegant, but if you talk about starting the update process from a network share:
You can do that already!
Either you start UpdateInstaller.exe from an administratively mapped drive or you start UpdateInstaller.exe directly from a UNC path and UpdateInstaller.exe will map the drive letter on its own.

I've not decided yet whether to integrate your modifications or not - they're a bit delicate and have to be well tested, of course.

Regards
Torsten Wittrock