[python-win32] Some questions about network shares ?

[Stef Mientki]

Tim Golden wrote:
> Stef Mientki wrote:
>> AFAIK it's not allowed to connect a network share more than once.
>> As my shares can already be connected through by another program,
>> I need to detect if a network share is already connected,
>> So I try to get a list of available network shares,
>> but I don't see the network shares, although they are available.
>
> There's usually a bit of confusion around the term "network share".
> In the case of WMI, it refers to the shares which are exposed / exported
> by the machine in question. (In your example, the local machine).
>
> If you actually want the list of (remote or local) shares to which
> you have connected, you want Win32_MappedLogicalDisk or 
> Win32_LogicalDisk,
> depending on your precise requirements:
>
> <code>
> import wmi
>
> c = wmi.WMI ()
>
> share_to_connect_to = r"\\handel\public"
> for d in c.Win32_MappedLogicalDisk (
>  ProviderName=share_to_connect_to
> ):
>  print "Already mapped to", d.Caption
>  break
> else:
>  print "Not mapped"
>
> </code>
>
> However... it's perfectly possible to connect to the
> same share several times so I think you're working
> from a faulty premise. However, I hope the above
> is informative even if not so necessary.
>
thanks Tim,
You're right about making more connections to the same network share,
it is possible.
I was confused because in another program, it wasn't allowed,
probably because I wanted to connect it with a different user/pwd.

The above code was informative,
but didn't answer my needs.
I guess the question was not precise enough,
I wanted to test connection to share, that are not "mounted" ?  to a 
logical drive letter,
like this connection:
        Result = win32wnet.WNetAddConnection2 (
          dwType, lpLocalName, lpRemoteName, lpProvider,
          lpUsername, lpPassword, dwFlags )
These connections don't show with the given code.

But the major fact is that the problem is solved, Thanks again.

cheers,
Stef