Okay, found it on my own. ftp.voidresp() is what is needed, and it does _not_ seem to be in the Python documentation for ftplib.
On Jan 8, 1:58 pm, Brendan <brendandetra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am trying to download a file within a very large zipfile. I need two > partial downloads of the zipfile. The first to get the file byte > offset, the second to get the file itself which I then inflate. > > I am implementing the partial downloads as follows: > > con = ftp.transfercmd('RETR ' + filename, rest_offset) # the data > socket > while True: > block = con.recv(blocksize) > # stop transfer while it isn't finished yet > if bytes_recv >= buf_length: > break > elif not block: > break > buf = ''.join([buf, block]) > bytes_recv += len(block) > con.close() > > My problem is that even though the socket is closed, I have no way to > receive the 226 response from server so I can proceed with the next > download. Of course I could close the ftp connection entirely and > open a new one, but I am hoping to avoid doing so. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list