Using Python, how can I access a shared folder on windows network?
Solution 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)
Solution 2
How did you try it? Maybe you are working with \
and omit proper escaping.
Instead of
open('\\HOST\share\path\to\file')
use either Johnsyweb's solution with the /
s, or try one of
open(r'\\HOST\share\path\to\file')
or
open('\\\\HOST\\share\\path\\to\\file')
.
Solution 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"\DriveName\then\file\path\txt.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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Updated on July 05, 2022Comments
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Admin almost 2 years
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?
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Meelah over 8 yearsThis just solved a problem that was annoying me, thanks!
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DavidJ almost 8 yearsThis only works on Windows (yes, the question is tagged Windows, but accessing a Windows server from non-Windows OS may also be tagged as such). Anyone care to add a solution for other platforms (e.g. Linux) - if possible without something like Samba?
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johnsyweb almost 8 years@DavidJ If you're using SMB on Linux, I'd expect
//HOST/share/
to be mounted (somewhere like/mnt/share
) and the file to be opened like a regular file (open('/mnt/share/path/to/file')
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Azy Sır over 5 yearsDavidJ Did you try @Johnsyweb solution? Did it work?
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Azy Sır over 5 years@Johnsyweb have you got another solution for this somewhere? Possibly github so I can view and re-use? I'm on a MAC trying to hit a shared network address. It is mounted - I have followed all solutions on this place all are giving FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
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johnsyweb over 5 years@AzySır I'm afraid I do not. I would expect
//HOST/share/
to be mounted (somewhere like/Volumes/share
) and the file to be opened like a regular file (open('/Volumes/share/path/to/file')
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Azy Sır over 5 years@Johnsyweb my issue is im on OSX trying to open up a WINDOWS Network Server. It's saying not found even though it is evidently mounted - not sure how to proceed on it
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yl_low almost 4 yearsif you are on MacOS, and you've mounted your server via Go > Connect to Server, you should be able to see your server if you use os.listdir("/Volumes/")
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user3574939 over 3 years@AzySır I'm having a similar issue. Did you ever find a solution?