topic Re: Guestshell open file on flash with Python in Controllers

Guestshell open file on flash with Python

nathy1984 — Sun, 03 May 2020 06:43:50 GMT

Hello

How can I open a file on flash from Guestshell with Python?

Thanks.

Re: Guestshell open file on flash with Python

ngkin2010 — Sun, 03 May 2020 07:46:52 GMT

Hi,

As I remember, the absolute path of flash drive is '/flash' in guestshell. Make sure you got at least 'read' file permission, and you could open the file by Python.

fd = open('/flash/filename','r')

Re: Guestshell open file on flash with Python

omz — Sun, 03 May 2020 10:26:43 GMT

file = open('/bootflash/test.txt','r')
print file.read()
file.close()

OR 

with open('/bootflash/test.txt','r') as file:
    print file.read()

Re: Guestshell open file on flash with Python

ngkin2010 — Sun, 03 May 2020 11:33:26 GMT

It should be '/bootflash' instead of '/flash' as mentioned by @omz

Re: Guestshell open file on flash with Python

nathy1984 — Tue, 05 May 2020 05:18:51 GMT

Thank you for the reply.

That works. Flash or Bootflash depends on the device type.

Re: Guestshell open file on flash with Python

omz — Tue, 05 May 2020 13:34:21 GMT

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Thank you