[R] Specifying path to a windows server

[John Sorkin]

Windows 7 (local computer)
Windows server (server I am trying to reach)
 
I need to read a file whose windows path is of the form
 
\\Theserver\mydirectory\data.csv
 
You will note that as per windows standards the server name is preceded by two backslashes.
 
I am not sure how to specify this in R.  One usually needs to specify an escape characters in a path new which would suggest my path should be
 
 
\\\Theserver\\mydirectory\\data.csv
 
This does not work; the file is not found.
 
What is the correct way to specify a path to a server
 
Thanks,
John

 
John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
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University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
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