Win32 drive mapping... aka "net use"

[Alex Martelli]

"Lance Shuler" <lance.shuler at intel.com> wrote in message
news:3981D157.D7A1A347 at intel.com...
    [snip]
> Yes, I have been using the Win32 extensions (including COM) for over a
year
> and I own "Python Programming on Win32". I find it very useful. The
example
> below (including NetUseAdd) is not addressed in "Python Programming on
Win32".

Not exactly, no.  I do think its omission is a bug in Appendix B.


>  Alex, regarding "local". I avoid mapping to a specific drive letter and
just
> always use "\\server\share\dir1\dir2\file". This works when moving between
> machines, without worrying about whether "K:" is in use or not. I only use

True.  I probably fell into the habit of always mapping to a drive
because of old applications that still do not support UNC (this may
have changed, but there were a few among the tools in the SDK...).


Alex