Copying files to multiple comp's on a lan

[petro]

>I'm rather new to Python, and this is my first post in this NG (as you can
>probably tell). I hope that you guys can get the meaning of my writings as
>english is not my native language, so I apology beforehand for any
>spelling/grammatical errors.

	So far you're writing a lot better than most native english speakers.

>I need to make a small script thats capable of copying a file from the
>machine that its being run on to all the other machines on the lan. The
>target path on all the other machines should be the same. The script should
>take the path of the source file and the remote path to the shared folder(s)
>as arguments. I'll define all the machines the file is to be copied to
>elsewhere.
>
>Where do I start when making such a script? What kind of builtins should I
>know of and which functions will be useful in my work? What do I need to
>investigate closer (I've never tried network programming before)?

	First thing is what operating system is on these machines? If 
most of them are Unix, there are a lot better solutions than a python 
script (hey, I love Python, but there are just some times when it's 
not the right tool for the job).

>I used to do this filecopying for each machine seperately with the Windows
>Explorer, and seeing as its something that I do rather often, I'm beginning
>to get a little bugged by this tedious method, and have decided that now its
>time to make it a little more automated.
>If you know of an already existing program that can accomplish this task for
>me any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

	I'm going to assume it's windows, since you are using the 
Explorer, take a look at http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/help/rsync/ 
rsync is a pretty good way of doing what you want.
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