ftp mget

[Eddie Corns]

allanc <allan_NOSPAMcuenca at nospamyahoo.com> writes:

>Anybody know if there's an ftp client in python that can do an mget?

>My current implementation of an mget uses ftpconnection.nlst() to retrieve 
>the list of filenames. Then iterates through this list with
>retrlines('RETR ' + fname,callback).

>I'd like to eliminate a LIST command on the ftp server altogether.

A quick scan of the FTP RFC at:

  http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc959/Overview.html

(specifically "file transfer functions") suggests that there is no command to
get multiple files by globbing and that you have to do it this way.

Eddie