Please make the below change to get past this problem
Change
*ftp.*indexftp.barcap.com
to
indexftp.barcap.com
Regards,
Anurag
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Thomas Philips <tkp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using ftplib for the first time, and am having trouble getting it
> to work. I type
>
> >>> from ftplib import FTP
> >>> ftp = FTP('ftp.indexftp.barcap.com', 'A Valid Username', ' A Valid
> Password')
>
> where I have suppressed the user name and password, and I get
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
> ftp = FTP('ftp.indexftp.barcap.com')
> File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 116, in __init__
> self.connect(host)
> File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 131, in connect
> self.sock = socket.create_connection((self.host, self.port),
> self.timeout)
> File "C:\Python26\lib\socket.py", line 498, in create_connection
> for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
> gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed
>
> I have tried this on two different computers and on two different
> versions of Python (2.6 and 2.7). I get the same error both times, and
> have no understanding of what the problem might be. Any assistance
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Thomas Philips
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