Copying files to multiple comp's on a lan

[Jeff Shannon]

Hm, I'd probably use the os.system() call in preference to reading the 
source and then creating new destination files, as D-Man's example does, 
though the choice is probably trivial and entirely personal opinion.

Example:

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 import sys
 import os
 
 # note Win32 uses \, not /  :)
 machines = [ "\\Mach1\C" , "\\Mach2\C" , "\\Mach3\C" ]
 
 source_file_path = sys.argv[1]
 dest_path = sys.argv[2]

 for machine in machines:
     # always use os.path.join() when building paths....
     dest_fullpath = os.path.join(machine, dest_path) 
     cmd_string = "copy %s %s" % (source_file_path, dest_fullpath)
     os.system(cmd_string)

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You'd probably be better off if the machine/drive specs were built using
the functions in os.path as well, but that's a minor detail.  I'd also, if
I were writing this script for my own use, add a few print statements to 
report on the current status, etc.... I'd also probably put the os.system()
call within a try/except block, just in case.  And of course, this all 
presumes that you do have write permission on all of these machines.  :)

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International