problems with os.path.isdir on windows shares (i've read the FAQ)

[todd smith]

having some strange problems with Python2.3 on windowsXP. im trying
to access shares and the os.path.isdir function _always_ returns false
even though the directories are there and i can os.chdir, os.listdir it
in the python shell. i've followed the FAQs rule of putting the trailing '\\'
on the share name with no luck

heres my sessioin:

os.path.isdir('\\\\ren\\backup\\') False os.chdir('\\\\ren\\backup\\')
os.getcwd() '\\\\ren\\backup' os.listdir(os.getcwd())

['ssbackup-16-1-2004.ssa', 'ssbackuptest-14-1-2004.ssa', 'tmp']

[Michel Claveau/Hamster]

Hi !

\\\\ren\\backup is perhaps no a directory, but the name of a shared
ressource.

@-salutations
--
Michel Claveau

[todd smith]

"Michel Claveau/Hamster" <No********@No.Spam.mclaveau.No.Spam.com> wrote in message news:<bu**********@news-reader2.wanadoo.fr>...

Hi !

\\\\ren\\backup is perhaps no a directory, but the name of a shared
ressource.

@-salutations

i'm a bit confused as to what you mean by a shared resource. but
\\ren\backup is definately a shared directory, i mkdir'd it myself :)

[Roger Upole]

This used to work (1.5.2 maybe ?), and I got bit pretty bad when it stopped.
Had a small function to copy a file to either a full path or into a
directory,
as determined by os.path.isdir. After upgrading, the results weren't pretty
the
first time I tried to copy a file to a share.
I had to replace os.path.isdir(pathname) with
win32file.GetFileAttributes(pathname) & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY
to get around it.
Roger

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Hi !

\\\\ren\\backup is perhaps no a directory, but the name of a shared
ressource.

@-salutations

i'm a bit confused as to what you mean by a shared resource. but
\\ren\backup is definately a shared directory, i mkdir'd it myself :)