Changing the directory using os.chdir UNC filepath in python

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I am attempting to change a directory via its IP address or using it's unc (as I am working in windows). This is due to the external server being mapped to different drives for different users.

Using os.chdir(r'path\\to\remote\directory') does not seem to work and I wonder if there are any alternatives that python doesn't hate i.e. an IP address?

Nickolay · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-14 11:47:30Z

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Works fine for me:

Python 3.7.0 (v3.7.0:1bf9cc5093, Jun 27 2018, 04:59:51) [MSC v.1914 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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>>> import os
>>> os.chdir(r"\\myserver\myshare")
>>> os.getcwd()
'\\\\myserver\\myshare'

It's hard to tell if the r'path\\to\remote\directory' typo is also in your actual code and how you determined it "does not work".

answered Aug 14, 2019 at 11:47

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