> 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. Thank you in advance, Venu
If it's a shared file on a Windows network (which I'm inferring),
provided you have the necessary access permissions, use
open("\\\\remote_machine\\share\\folder\\file", "r")
^^^^
Note that UNC names do require a double backslash to start...
Its often easier to read as
open(r"\\remote_machine\share\folder\file", "r")
If you really must open it via urllib, then try
urllib.open("file://remote_machine/share/folder/file")
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