how to read network computer files by wmi in python

Question

I am using wmi module in python for network connection. I need to read all files which are present in network computer drives. So give me suggestion how can i do by using wmi module.

I have done connection by below code and now i need to read files inside network computer drive.

import wmi

ip = '192.168.1.18'
username = 'xxxxxx'
password = 'xxxxxx'
connection = wmi.WMI(ip, user=username, password=password)
for disk in connection.Win32_LogicalDisk (DriveType=3):
    print disk.Caption

What do you mean by read files? Read the content of the files or read a list of files on the share? — ravikanth, Oct 21 '13 at 07:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '13 at 07:42

WMI does not have anything to read/write file content. You can only read the meta data associated with a file using CIM_DataFile but not the content of the file. So, all you need to do is enumerate the files using CIM_DataFile and use one of the shell commands to read the content.

how to read network computer files by wmi in python

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