UNC paths don't work on Houdini template paths

[MustafaJafar]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current Behavior:

This line is the responsible for this weird behavior

ayon-houdini/client/ayon_houdini/api/workfile_template_builder.py

Line 108 in c239540

path = hou.text.expandString(path)

Where it trims all the slashes (except one) at the beginning of the path.

Will looking for alternatives.

Expected Behavior:

UNC paths should work

Version

1.0.0

What platform you are running on?

Windows

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Set your houdini template path to a UNC path
2. Build workflie from template
3. Houdini should complain, it can't find the template path.

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Relevant log output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 5, in <module>
  File "E:\Ynput\ayon-houdini\client\ayon_houdini\api\workfile_template_builder.py", line 245, in build_workfile_template
    builder.build_template()
  File "E:\Ynput\ayon-core\client\ayon_core\pipeline\workfile\workfile_template_builder.py", line 523, in build_template
    template_preset = self.get_template_preset()
  File "E:\Ynput\ayon-houdini\client\ayon_houdini\api\workfile_template_builder.py", line 135, in get_template_preset
    raise TemplateNotFound(
ayon_core.pipeline.workfile.workfile_template_builder.TemplateNotFound: Template found in AYON settings for task 'cfx' with host 'houdini' does not exists. (Not found : \storage\studio\templates\my_houdini_template.hip)

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[MustafaJafar]

Currently, there's a work around. This works on my side.

1. Added a new Houdini Var.
2. Used it in the template profile path