Re: ftp and python

2010-04-11 Thread Giampaolo Rodola'
On 8 Apr, 07:24, John Nagle wrote: > Tim Chase wrote: > > Matjaz Pfefferer wrote: > >> What would be the easiest way to copy files from one ftp > >> folder to another without downloading them to local system? > > > As best I can tell, this isn't well-supported by FTP[1] which doesn't > > seem to h

Re: ftp and python

2010-04-08 Thread John Nagle
Anssi Saari wrote: John Nagle writes: In theory, the FTP spec supports "three-way transfers", where the source, destination, and control can all be on different machines. But no modern implementation supports that. I remember even using that way back when, Unix machines in the 1990s.

Re: ftp and python

2010-04-08 Thread Anssi Saari
John Nagle writes: > In theory, the FTP spec supports "three-way transfers", where the > source, destination, and control can all be on different machines. > But no modern implementation supports that. I remember even using that way back when, Unix machines in the 1990s. But, server to ser

Re: ftp and python

2010-04-08 Thread Tim Chase
Simon wrote: You could user FTP.voidcmd() E.G. ftp.voidcmd('RNFT filename.txt')ftp.voidcmd('RNTO newdir/filename.txt') From the rfc: RENAME FROM (RNFR) This command specifies the old pathname of the file which is to be renamed. This command must be immediately followed by a "rename

Re: ftp and python

2010-04-08 Thread Simon
You could user FTP.voidcmd() E.G. ftp.voidcmd('RNFT filename.txt')ftp.voidcmd('RNTO newdir/filename.txt') >From the rfc: RENAME FROM (RNFR) This command specifies the old pathname of the file which is to be renamed. This command must be immediately followed by a "rename to" command spec

Re: ftp and python

2010-04-07 Thread John Nagle
Tim Chase wrote: Matjaz Pfefferer wrote: What would be the easiest way to copy files from one ftp folder to another without downloading them to local system? As best I can tell, this isn't well-supported by FTP[1] which doesn't seem to have a native "copy this file from server-location to se

Re: ftp and python

2010-04-07 Thread Tim Chase
Matjaz Pfefferer wrote: What would be the easiest way to copy files from one ftp folder to another without downloading them to local system? As best I can tell, this isn't well-supported by FTP[1] which doesn't seem to have a native "copy this file from server-location to server-location bypa

ftp and python

2010-04-07 Thread Matjaz Pfefferer
Hi, I'm Py newbie and I have some beginners problems with ftp handling. What would be the easiest way to copy files from one ftp folder to another without downloading them to local system? Are there any snippets for this task (I couldnt find example like this) Thx