Name of source directory?

Hello,
I created a communication channel in the integration builder (configuration). This should read a file from my local computer, so I choose as adapter type "file".
But he didn't accept the source directory I like to use. I created a technical system in SLD on <MyComputer>. On <MyComputer> is also a directory called c:\xi\send that includes the file which should be send to xi. What do I have to write in the field "source directroy" (german: Quellverzeichnis), that he could read it. The documentation said, that I only have to write the name (absolut or relative) but I already tried:
send
/send
c:/xi/send
<MyComputer>/send
...and so on.
But it doesn't work The Adapter monitor says:
"Processing Error: Directory /send does not exist!"
Any ideas?
thanks
regards
chris

I didn't installed a ftp, because I thought it should be possible to access the file by a sharing folder.
Isn't it possible to use a network name of a computer with a shared directory???
I use NFS as Transport-Protokoll. Allows this only to pick a file from the XI-System?
thanks
Message was edited by: Christian Riekenberg

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