ftp mget

[allanc]

Anybody know if there's an ftp client in python that can do an mget?

My current implementation of an mget uses ftpconnection.nlst() to retrieve
the list of filenames. Then iterates through this list with
retrlines('RETR ' + fname,callback).

I'd like to eliminate a LIST command on the ftp server altogether.

Thanks to all.

Allan

[Rich Krauter]

On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 18:54, allanc wrote:

Anybody know if there's an ftp client in python that can do an mget?

My current implementation of an mget uses ftpconnection.nlst() to retrieve
the list of filenames. Then iterates through this list with
retrlines('RETR ' + fname,callback).

I'd like to eliminate a LIST command on the ftp server altogether.

Thanks to all.

You may want to look in the python distribution at the script
Tools/scripts/ftpmirror.py. It's referenced on the module documentation
page for ftplib.
It basically does what you're doing - parsing text returned by the LIST
command. It will probably give you some ideas, or let you know whether
you're barking up the wrong tree.

Rich

[Eddie Corns]

allanc <al****************@nospamyahoo.com> writes:

Anybody know if there's an ftp client in python that can do an mget? My current implementation of an mget uses ftpconnection.nlst() to retrieve
the list of filenames. Then iterates through this list with
retrlines('RETR ' + fname,callback). I'd like to eliminate a LIST command on the ftp server altogether.

A quick scan of the FTP RFC at:

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc959/Overview.html

(specifically "file transfer functions") suggests that there is no command to
get multiple files by globbing and that you have to do it this way.

Eddie