having problems in changing directories doing ftp in python

tedpottel at gmail.com tedpottel at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 17:37:45 EDT 2007


Hi,

Thank you for your cfomment, also I forgot about the case issue, yes
my web server is  unix, not windows


On Jul 9, 4:12 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-... at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> En Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:41:59 -0300, tedpot... at gmail.com  
> <tedpot... at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> > I'm trying to write aftpin python to send files to my webserverr.
> > Curtly I will change the directory to the folder name, down load the
> > file, then do a chnag dir ..\ to go back to the root diretory, chnag
> > the directory, save the file, do a ../.
>
> > Instad of going back one directory by doing ..\, could I just go to
> > the root directory?  Currtly I get a error saying file does not exist.
>
> Use the pwd command to see exactly which is your current directory.
>
> > When I log onto my server using myftpprogram,
> > The current path reads /home/admin/
> > I change the directory to mainwebsite_html.
> > The line that tells you the current directory now reads VAR/WWW/HTML.
>
> > When I use python, I
> > 1. change the directory to mainwebsite_html
> > 2. change the directory to ted
> > 3. try to go back by changing the directory to "var/www/html" in which
> > I get an error saying it does not exist.
>
> If your server file system is case sensitive (likely if it's a linux/unix  
> server), VAR/WWW/HTML is not the same thing as var/www/html
>
> --
> Gabriel Genellina





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