On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Tim Johnson <t...@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> I have written a class that uses ftplib.FTP as the parent.
> I need to reconcile the modified time of a workstation file with
> that same filename on a remote server.
> Let's say we have a file called '400.shtml'. I get the mtime on
> my workstation by
>>> os.path.getmtime('400.shtml')
> 1311648420.0http://docs.python.org/library/os.path.html#os.path.getmtime Your sample seems to be a typical Unix timestamp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time > And I use >>> ftp.sendcmd('MDTM 400.shtml') ## for the remote server > '213 20110726004703' RFC 3659 - Extensions to FTP Sec 3. File Modification Time (MDTM) http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3659#section-3 (Note: Code 213 = File status response) > My question is how to compare the two outputs? > Pointers to documentation and other resources are invited. Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
