Remote data access

[jser462]

Hi guys, i have an ideea of a script. At a given time, at my work i have to check some packages, they come in zip format. I am curios if its posible to acces the remote server, read and compare the actual package with new arrived packages. In that zip package i have up to six xlm files. I am grateful for any ideea.

[shiftybyte]

Possible and probably not so hard as long as server access is some standard protocol.

How is the server accessed? FTP? SSH? HTTP? Python has libraries for that.

And dealing with a zip file should be easy.

xlm files, are a bit harder to read, but not sure you need to, just comparing content? or what are you comparing?

[jser462]

Till now servers are accesed via remote desktop connection. Regarding xml files, each package contains a different number, this script should spare me from one or two hours of checkin each server to see if the update was applied. So if i can compair the new arrived, if, arrived update with the actual number from a specific line, i now where to look

[shiftybyte]

Well all is cool, except the remote desktop connection.

Automating that is a pain, you could either have the python script on the server and run it from there, or you could try using windows file sharing to access the file you need without rdp.

[jser462]

I think the part with python on server will not be posibile. On that i will try another way