Disconnect and Map Network Drive on Windows with Python

I'm using Python version 3.3.2

1. method using subprocess.Popen



# Balon Coding, 29 November 2013
# Map network drive using subprocess.Popen
# Drive letter: Q
# Shared drive path: \\192.168.51.1\balon$
# Username: balon
# Password: coding

import subprocess 

# initialize
driveLetter = 'Q:' 
networkPath = '\\\\192.168.51.1\balon$' 
user = 'balon' 
password = 'coding'

print('map network drive using subprocess.Popen')

# Disconnect anything on drive letter Q
winCMD = 'NET USE ' + driveLetter + ' /delete'
print(winCMD)
subprocess.Popen(winCMD, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
 
# Connect to map network drive to letter Q
winCMD = 'NET USE ' + driveLetter + ' ' + networkPath + ' /User:' + user + ' ' + password
print(winCMD)
subprocess.Popen(winCMD, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)



2. method using subprocess.call

# Balon Coding, 29 November 2013
# Map network drive using subprocess.call
# Drive letter: Q
# Shared drive path: \\192.168.51.1\balon$
# Username: balon
# Password: coding

import subprocess 

# initialize
driveLetter = 'Q:' 
networkPath = '\\\\192.168.51.1\balon$' 
user = 'balon' 
password = 'coding'

print('map network drive using subprocess.call')

# Disconnect anything on drive letter Q
winCMD = 'NET USE ' + driveLetter + ' /delete'
print(winCMD)
subprocess.call(winCMD, shell=True)

# Connect to map network drive to letter Q
winCMD = 'NET USE ' + driveLetter + ' ' + networkPath + ' /User:' + user + ' ' + password
print(winCMD)
subprocess.call(winCMD, shell=True)