Thanks Shawn. I went through the ftplib info and I was able to generate a list. I am needing to figure out parsing the list.
AllenLars Shawn Milochik wrote: > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM, AllenLars <allenr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am trying to code a script that will allow me to go to ftp site and >> download files based on most recently modified file (date, time). I am >> brand new to programming. Any and all help is appreciated. >> --<snip> > > > I've actually written code to do this, and it's fairly easy. Just use > the FTP module to run the "ls" (directory listing) command and parse > the results to get the filenames and timestamps. Then you will be able > to easily do download requests for the file(s) you want. > > Perhaps someone else on the list can chime in with a more elegant > solution. > > Here's enough to get you started: > > from ftplib import FTP #(http://docs.python.org/library/ftplib.html) > > ShawnMilo > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Downloading-most-recently-modified-files-tp23432457p23471969.html Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
