On 13 Jan 2007 02:01:11 -0800, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thierry Lam wrote: > > I'm using the WMI library for python and I was able to connect to > > another computer on the network with the following line: > > > > c = wmi.WMI(computer="the-network-computer", user="hello", > > password="hello") > > > > Is there a way to write information to a file on that computer? > > > > How do I read environment variables, for example SystemDrive? > > Questions of this sort are really Win32 questions rather than Python > questions. That's not to say we can't help, but rather that you can > probably find an answer by going to a search engine of your choice > and typing in, say, "WMI SystemDrive". I did that, and the first hit > (from Google) was: > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394239.aspx > > which indicates that it's available from the Win32_OperatingSystem > WMI class. So, in Python: > > <code> > import wmi > c = wmi.WMI () # optionally on another computer > for os in c.Win32_OperatingSystem (): > print os # show the whole thing > print os.SystemDrive # get only what you want > > </code> > > If you were after Environment Variables, then search again, > this time for "WMI Environment Variables". Third hit: > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394143.aspx > > pointing to the Win32_Environment class. And so on. > > Your first question: can I write into a file? is a little > more tricky. As far as I know, there's no way even to > *create* a file with WMI, let alone write information into > it. It's not really a file-manipulation technology. You can > get hold of the name of a remote file and other of its > properties via the CIM_DataFile class, but you'd have > to translate that into an accessible UNC to be able to > access it. >
One possibility is to create a hidden share on the remote computer and write to a file on it. Shares ending in $ are hidden, the unc path would be \\machinename\share$ According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394594.aspx you need the WMI Win32_Share class and the Create method. HTH :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
