ftplib question - ftp.dir() returns something and ftp.nlst() does not

[Fredrik Lundh]

Nico Grubert wrote:

> I am using the ftplib library to connect to a ftp server.
> After I got connected, I can see a list of file in the current directory
> using ftp.dir() or ftp.retrlines('LIST'). But using ftp.nlst() returns
> an empty list which seems somehow strange to me. Here is, what I did:

add

    ftp.set_debuglevel(3)

so you can see what the goes on the wire (without that information, it's hard
to tell if it's a bug in the library or a glitch in your server).

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