[Tutor] python win32 drive mapping help

[Alan Gauld]

"Vineet Kothari" <vineet.kothari at gmail.com> wrote

> I want to map c:/temp folder of A to C & c:/temp folder of B to C as well 
> do
> some copying of data and then delete the mapping.
>
> I tried using the code given for mapping:
>
> import win32net
>> win32net.NetUseAdd(None,1,{'remote':r'\\server\share','local':'K:','password':'XXX'
>> })

Nobody else has mentioned it so I thought I'd point out that this is
a bit simpler (IMHO) if done via WSH COM objects. You just create
a WSH Network Object then call it's methods:

MapNetworkDrive(localName,remotePath)
RemoveNetworkDrive(localName)

There are additional optional parameters for adding to profile or using
another user name etc.

I usually use WSH for most Windows system admin type stuff.
(Although I confess I use VBScript to drive WSH rather than Python!!)
Caveat: WSH is not always installed/enabled on all PCs but nowadays
is usually there. I haven't had a case of it being missing since we
stopped using the Windows 9X series of OS.

Just a thought.

PS.
There are similarly simple methods for adding/removing Printers too.

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Alan Gauld
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