Thierry Lam wrote: > Is it possible to run an ftp command to connect to some remote computer > on the network. > > For example, if I want to retrieve some data from > \\remcomputer\datafiles on the network and copy it to my local > computer, how do I do it in python on the Unix side? > > I don't want to use mount since I don't have permission. > > Thanks > Thierry >
I use ftplib in the standard libraries. from ftplib import FTP def grab_geneontology(): """Function to download gene ontology file.""" ftp = FTP('ftp.geneontology.org') ftp.login() ftp.cwd('/pub/go/ontology') ftp.retrbinary('retr gene_ontology.obo', open('gdata/gene_ontology', 'wb').write) ftp.quit() if __name__ == '__main__': grab_geneontology() maurice -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list