[Pythonmac-SIG] Connecting to Windows shares

[David Hughes]

> *From:* Simon Brunning <simon.brunning at gmail.com>
> *To:* pythonmac-sig at python.org
> *Date:* Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:24:34 +0100
> 
> I want to use a python script to copy some files from a Windows share
> to my Mac. Connecting to a Windows share with Finder is easy, but how
> do I do it from a script? (Python 2.4.1 on OSX 10.4.2, if it matters.
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> Simon B,

If the Windows partition you've attached appears as an 'ejectable' drive 
in the leftmost Finder pane, you can see it and its contents under 
/volumes using a Terminal session. Here, it appears as a directory of the 
form "<Workgroup>;<hostname>". A problem arises if you attach more than 
one partition, as they are then given suffixes '-1' etc that depend on the 
order you attached them.

Regards,

David Hughes
Forestfield Software