newbie question - python blocking on int()?

[Fredrik Lundh]

"Wladimir" wrote:

> Parsing the output of ftp.dir in any way is never comphrehensively safe
> because it it platform dependent according to the FTP RFC. Spaces in
> usernames are not possible though AFAIK, and most servers use a unix ls
> like semantic for dirs so it's *pretty safe*. (although I've seen ugly DOS
> like listings as well)

Dan Bernstein's ftpparse library can parse the output from
most FTP servers.  you can find a wrapper here:

    http://effbot.org/downloads/

(look for ftpparse)

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