I have a file that I would like to copy from a shared folder which is in a shared folder on a different system, but on the same network. How can I access the folder/file? The usual open() method does not seem to work?
Answers:
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Method 1
Use forward slashes to specify the UNC Path:
open('//HOST/share/path/to/file')
(if your Python client code is also running under Windows)
Method 2
How did you try it? Maybe you are working with and omit proper escaping.
Instead of
open('\HOSTsharepathtofile')
use either Johnsyweb’s solution with the /s, or try one of
open(r'\HOSTsharepathtofile')
or
open('\\HOST\share\path\to\file')
.
Method 3
I had the same issue as OP but none of the current answers solved my issue so to add a slightly different answer that did work for me:
Running Python 3.6.5 on a Windows Machine, I used the format
r”DriveNamethenfilepathtxt.md”
so the combination of double backslashes from reading @Johnsyweb UNC link and adding the r in front as recommended solved my similar to OP’s issue.
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