I'm fairly new to programming and as a result, Python too. I've been researching the Tutor archives trying to find a solution to my need, however, haven't stumbled across the exact example and are now in information overload. Wondering if I could get some help? I have the need to perform an FTP GET for specific files in a large directory of files. There are many examples out there of FTP'ing from a server after doing the equivalent to a Unix 'ls -la' command and thus, getting all files in the directory or matching on a pattern (i.e., all files ending with *.txt).
My problem is I don't have files with a clear pattern of association to allow a pattern match. For example I have 1000 files in a directly with file names like: apple.txt, blue.txt, car.txt, sky.rtf, etc. I know the filenames I want, however it could be say 75 of 1000 files I need to issue a GET on. Inefficient to individually code all 75 explicit file name declarations in a script. So I have the name of each file (i.e., apple.txt, blue.txt) in a separate "seed file" that I want the script to read in and treat each line of the "seed file" as the variable I want to request the FTP GET on. So something like: seedfile.txt contents = apple.com, blue.com. car.txt Open FTP CD Read "seedfile.txt" For each line in "seedfile.txt" use the line as the variable and issue FTP GET on that variable Repeat till end of "sendfile.txt" quit. Thoughts? Help? Thanks. //eric _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor