Specifying path to a windows server

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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