When creating a table can you use a windows share for the data directory (3 replies)

When create a table in the INNodb engine, can the data directory clause point toward a windows share device?

CREATE TABLE geo_countries (
record_nbr INTEGER not null AUTO_INCREMENT,
country_name varchar(100) NOT NULL,
abv char(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'ISO 3661-1 alpha-2',
abv3 char(3) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'ISO 3661-1 alpha-3',
abv3_alt char(3) DEFAULT NULL,
iso_3_code char(3) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'ISO 3661-1 numeric',
slug varchar(100) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (record_nbr),
UNIQUE KEY `slug` (`slug`)
)
ENGINE=innodb
AUTO_INCREMENT=1
DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4
COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
DATA DIRECTORY= '"\\wdmycloud\mysql_databases"'