SharedDevice Class

class smb.base.SharedDevice(type, name, comments)[source]

Contains information about a single shared device on the remote server.

The following attributes are available:

  • name : An unicode string containing the name of the shared device

  • comments : An unicode string containing the user description of the shared device

comments

An unicode string containing the user description of the shared device

property isSpecial

Returns True if this shared device is a special share reserved for interprocess communication (IPC$) or remote administration of the server (ADMIN$). Can also refer to administrative shares such as C$, D$, E$, and so forth

property isTemporary

Returns True if this is a temporary share that is not persisted for creation each time the file server initializes.

name

An unicode string containing the name of the shared device

property type
Returns one of the following integral constants.

  • SharedDevice.DISK_TREE

  • SharedDevice.PRINT_QUEUE

  • SharedDevice.COMM_DEVICE

  • SharedDevice.IPC