Can't index mapped drives or server file paths on Windows

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On a Windows system a drive letter mapped to another path cannot be
indexed. Indexing causes the error:

2007-12-20 13:43:00,559: indexing.remote: 1580: ERROR: File path h:\ is
neither a directory or a file:

We're using os.path.isdir() and isfile() - I'm wondering if on Windows a
mapped drive is some kind of symlink...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by charliej...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2007 at 1:56

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Also mapped server paths like \\servername\folder\folder2 don't work: error is:

File path \\userfs\stafffs\sccv1\w2k is neither a directory or a file:

Original comment by charliej...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2007 at 1:57

• Changed title: Can't index mapped drives or server file paths on Windows

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Bookmarking for later: a C program showing how to find the actual location of a
Windows share:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa385334(VS.85).aspx

It seems the root problem is that os.isdir() returns FALSE for a Windows share, 
so
the current code in filespec.py bombs.

Original comment by charliej...@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2007 at 11:46

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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-announce-list/1999-July/000106.html

RB suggest we could do os.path.isdir(foo) or os.path.isdir(foo + '\\') (but 
only on
Windows as on Linux you can conceivably have '\' as part of the filename).

Original comment by charliej...@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:07

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Actually, you could just do:

os.path.isdir(foo) or os.path.isdir(foo + os.path.sep)

which will be the equivalent to the previous suggestion, and work correctly on
unixoids too.

Original comment by boulton.rj@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2008 at 10:38

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The last suggestion works, but *only with the command line version of flax* - I 
think
this is a permissions problem, as the command line version will run as the local
user, whereas the Service won't.

Original comment by charliej...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2008 at 11:17

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Setting up the Service to act not as the Local System account, but to use an 
account
that has access to the network share, fixes this problem. I'll add a FAQ entry 
on this.

Original comment by charliej...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2008 at 11:21

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I assume you need to apply the os.path.isdir(foo) or os.path.isdir(foo + 
os.path.sep)
change as well, or it won't recurse into the drive even if it has permission?

Original comment by boulton.rj@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2008 at 11:22

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Yes, I've committed that. 

Original comment by charliej...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2008 at 11:31

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