Retrieve file by FTP (using urllib)

[Oleg Broytmann]

   Thanks!

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> interesting.  they're using a non-standard server,
> which seems to implement the FTP protocol a bit
> more literally than urllib expects...
> 
> full story: urllib issues an NLST command to make
> sure the file exists, before starting the download.
> however, RFC959 doesn't necessarily allow this:
> 
>     [NLST] causes a directory listing to be sent from
>     server to user site.  The pathname should specify a
>     directory or other system-specific file group descriptor;
>     a null argument implies the current directory.
> 
> most FTP servers seem to treat NLST commands as
> ordinary "ls -l", but this one doesnt.
> 
> I'm pretty sure the only reasonable solution is to
> remove the offending code from urllib...

Oleg.
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