ftplib - uploading files using transfercmd?

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi all,

I've come across a problem that has me stumped, and I thought I'd send
a message to the gurus to see if this makes sense to anyone else. =) 

Basically, I'm trying to upload a series of files via FTP. I'm using
ftplib to do it, and for each file I'm using transfercmd("STOR " +
myfile) to get the socket, then uploading 4096 bytes at a time and
providing status updates via a GUI interface. Finally, I close the
socket, set it to None, then move on to the next file. I'm using
active FTP to upload.

The first file uploads just fine, but on the second file I'm
consistently seeing a weird problem where the response to the PORT
command (sent by self.makeport()) comes *after* the STOR command is
sent. The order in which the commands are sent doesn't seem to differ,
only the order in which the FTP server responds differs. This causes
the transfercmd() call to see an 'error' because the repsonse to the
PORT command is a 200, but it expects a response in the 100s. I've
posted the actual FTP debug calls below. 

I can resolve the problem by continually re-logging into the server,
but I'd like to avoid doing that if possible. I've tried setting the
file mode to binary as well as ASCII with the same results.

Any clues on what I may be going wrong? Has anyone seen anything like
this before? I couldn't find anything while googling... TIA for any
help!

Kevin

#uploading first file...
*cmd* u'CWD /newlook/tutorial/'
*put* u'CWD /newlook/tutorial/\r\n'
*get* '250 CWD command successful.\r\n'
*resp* '250 CWD command successful.'
*cmd* 'TYPE I'
*put* 'TYPE I\r\n'
*get* '200 Type set to I.\r\n'
*resp* '200 Type set to I.'
item = /newlook/tutorial/pub/working_with_themes.htm
*cmd* 'PORT 192,168,1,103,13,230'
*put* 'PORT 192,168,1,103,13,230\r\n'
*get* '200 PORT command successful.\r\n'
*resp* '200 PORT command successful.'
*cmd* u'STOR /newlook/tutorial/pub/working_with_themes.htm'
*put* u'STOR /newlook/tutorial/pub/working_with_themes.htm\r\n'
*get* '150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for
/newlook/tutorial/pub/working_with_themes.htm.\r\n'
*resp* '150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for
/newlook/tutorial/pub/working_with_themes.htm.'
*cmd* 'TYPE I'
*put* 'TYPE I\r\n'
*get* '226 Transfer complete.\r\n'
*resp* '226 Transfer complete.'

#uploading second file...
item = /newlook/tutorial/pub/Changing_Page_Properties_1.htm
*cmd* 'PORT 192,168,1,103,13,231'
*put* 'PORT 192,168,1,103,13,231\r\n'
*get* '200 Type set to I.\r\n'
*resp* '200 Type set to I.'
*cmd* u'STOR /newlook/tutorial/pub/Changing_Page_Properties_1.htm'
*put* u'STOR /newlook/tutorial/pub/Changing_Page_Properties_1.htm\r\n'
*get* '200 PORT command successful.\r\n'
*resp* '200 PORT command successful.'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "F:\oss\eclass\eclass_builder\editor.py", line 1083, in
UploadPage
    self.UploadFiles(ftpfiles)
  File "F:\oss\eclass\eclass_builder\editor.py", line 921, in
UploadFiles
    ftp.UploadFiles()
  File "F:\oss\eclass\eclass_builder\editor.py", line 1908, in
UploadFiles
    self.mysocket = self.host.transfercmd('STOR ' + dir + myitem)
  File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\ftplib.py", line 345, in transfercmd
    return self.ntransfercmd(cmd, rest)[0]
  File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\ftplib.py", line 336, in ntransfercmd
    raise error_reply, resp
ftplib.error_reply: 200 PORT command successful.