Downloading Large Files -- Feedback?

[Alex Martelli]

mwt <michaeltaft at gmail.com> wrote:
   ...
> import urllib
> 
> def download_file(filename, URL):
>     f = urllib.urlretrieve(URL, filename, reporthook=my_report_hook)

If you wanted to DO anything with the results, you'd probably want to
assign to
    f, m = ...
not just f.  This way, f is the filename, m a message object useful for
metadata (e.g., content type).

Otherwise looks fine.


Alex