Jeff Schwab wrote: > I need to move a directory tree (~9GB) from one machine to another on > the same LAN. What's the best (briefest and most portable) way to do > this in Python? > > I see that urllib has some support for getting files by FTP, but that it > has some trouble distinguishing files from directories. > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib.html > > "The code handling the FTP protocol cannot differentiate > between a file and a directory." > > I tried it anyway, but got an authentication problem. I don't see a > "how to log into the FTP server" section on docs.python.org. Is there a > tutorial I should read? > > I am particularly looking for a quick, "good enough" solution that I can > use this afternoon. Thanks in advance to any kind-hearted soul who > chooses to help me out.
Have you tried ftplib? (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ftplib.html) Here is an example of how to use it to differentiate between files and directories (untested). conn = ftplib.FTP('host', 'user', 'password') def callback(line): name = line.rpartition(' ')[-1] # assumes no whitespace in filenames if line[0] == 'd': #filename is a directory print 'directory', name else: print 'file', name #This will print all files in cwd prefixed by 'directory' or 'file' #You can change callback to retrieve files and explore #directories recursively conn.dir(callback) HTH -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
