# EAM Archive Path use UNC

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-archive-path-use-unc/19422>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 27, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-archive-path-use-unc/19422 "2018-08-27T19:06:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-archive-path-use-unc/19422/1 "2018-08-27T19:06:57Z")

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is it possible to use a UNC network path fro the EAM archive path?

I have tried \server\folder and it does not seem to work.

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**Author:** ![mgross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mgross/32/3311_2.png) [@mgross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgross)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-archive-path-use-unc/19422/2 "2018-08-28T12:50:18Z")

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You have to select a folder on the local gateway. If you can map the server folder as a network drive, that should also work.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-archive-path-use-unc/19422/3 "2018-08-28T15:09:39Z")

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i have tried a mapped drive and i receive the error message “FAIL: Command line returned OS error code ‘1’ for command [cmd.exe, /C, dir /a /-c “F:\Folder\EAM Gateway Backups”]”