A simple python script for ftp testing

ftptest.py (text/plain), 517 bytes, created by Jarno Mäkelä on 2010-12-31 09:59:47 UTC

#!/usr/bin/python

from ftplib import FTP

def handleDownload(block):
    file.write(block)
    
print 'open connection'
ftp = FTP('<server>', '<user>', '<passwd>')

directory = 'packages'
print 'cwd ' + directory
ftp.cwd(directory)

#ftp.retrlines('LIST')

filename = 'Packages'

print 'open ' + filename
file = open(filename, 'wb')

print 'get ' + filename
ftp.retrbinary('RETR ' + filename, handleDownload)

print 'close ' + filename
file.close()

print 'close connection'
ftp.close()