How to open a remote file using python.

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On Feb 22, 9:02 pm, "venutaurus... at gmail.com"
<venutaurus... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 23, 9:25 am, MRAB <goo... at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > venutaurus... at gmail.com wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >            I am writing an application where I need to open a shared
> > > file on a remote machine using python script. I tried using the
> > > following function:
>
> > > f = urllib.open("\\remote_machine\\folder1\\file1.doc")
>
> > >          I also tried using
>
> > > class urllib.FancyURLopener(...)
>
> > >          but didn't work. Can some one help me in this regard.
>
> > What do you mean by "remote machine"? Do you mean you want to open a
> > file that's in a shared folder on a machine that's on the same local
> > network?
>
> > If it's meant to be a Windows filepath then it should be:
>
> >      f = open(r"\\remote_machine\folder1\file1.doc")
>
> > (If the file is a Microsoft Word document file, then you won't probably
> > be able to make much sense of its contents using open().)
>
> Thanks to all for your brisk replies:
>
>         Yes, my aim is to open a file from another machine in the same
> LAN. It also worked using
>
> >>f = urllib.urlopen("\\\remote_machine\\folder\\file.doc")
>
>         But now I also have to copy the same file to the local machine
> in Python. Do I need to follow any protocols for this?
>
> Thank you,
> Venu.

the copy in shutil will work just fine.
import shutil
shutil.copy(remotepath,localpath)