Tim Golden wrote: > Mårten Hedman wrote: >> Thank you for your quick answer. Unfortunately I get the same error >> message. >> >> BTW, is WMI case sensitive regarding method names? If I run your example >> with 'print log.BackupEventLog', I get the error: >> >> <dump> >> >>> c=wmi.WMI() >> >>> log=c.Win32_NTEventLogFile >> >>> print log.BackupEventLog >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module> >> File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\wmi.py", line 474, in __getattr__ >> handle_com_error (error_info) >> File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\wmi.py", line 188, in >> handle_com_error >> raise x_wmi, "\n".join (exception_string) >> x_wmi: -0x7ffdfff7 - Exception occurred. >> Error in: SWbemObjectEx >> -0x7ffbefd1 - Invalid method Parameter(s) >> >>> >> </dump> >> >> Both 'lf.BackupEventLog (ArchiveFileName="c:\\temp\\blah.blah")' and >> 'lf.BackupEventlog (...)' returns the same error though > > OK. The bottom line seems to be: > > 1) I was (partly) wrong > 2) Microsoft generates crap error messages
Yes, i have noticed that. > > The following code works for me: > > <code> > import wmi > c = wmi.WMI (privileges=["security", "backup"]) > for log in c.Win32_NTEventLogFile (LogfileName="Application"): > print log.FileName > result, = log.BackupEventlog (ArchiveFileName=r"c:\temp\%s.log" % > log.FileName) > if result <> 0: > raise RuntimeError, "%s could note be written: error %d" % > (log.FileName, result) > > </code> Thank you very much! This code also works for me. > > Note several things: > > a) You have to take security & backup privs. This was actually > documented on the method description (print log.BackupEventlog) > but I missed it first time round. > > b) You have -- in this version of the module -- to pass the > ArchiveFileName keyword parameter. > Yes, I have understood that from earlier email and other documentation. > c) The method is named (at least on my XP SP2 box) "BackupEventlog" > (note the capitalisation). I don't know if the underlying WMI is > case-sensitive, but the module uses a dictionary to cache method > names, which obviously *is* case-sensitive. Any unknown property > is passed through direct to the underlying provider. What that does > with it is unknown (to me :) Most of the documentation I have seen names the method "BackupEventLog". The MSDN documentation at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa384808.aspx uses both versions, so there seems to be some confusion around. > > Hope all that helps. > > Tim > It did indeed. Thank you again for your help. Mårten -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mårten Hedman phone: +358-(0)2-333 8037 Systems Manager fax: +358-(0)2-333 8000 Turku Centre for Biotechnology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Turku, Finland http://www.btk.fi/~marten _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
