Pathing question on Windows

[Emile van Sebille]

From: "Tony Love" <Tony.Love at alcatel.com>
> I am running Python2.1 on WinNT and I would like to know how (if it is
> indeed possible) to use UNC nameing conventions instead of drive
> letters.  By UNC nameing I mean the format
> \\servername\share\path\filename  instead of H:\path\filename .  I
> know that simply useing a UNC path fails but I was wondering if there
> is a module or a syntax trick that I can employ to use the UNC paths.


Works here...

>>> target = r"\\fcme\Zope"
>>> import os
>>> os.listdir(target)
['v2.4']


Perhaps you're not using a raw string or escaping the backslashes?

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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