ftplib with unknown file names

[Jeremy Jones]

rbt wrote:

> How can I use ftplib to retrieve files when I do not know their names? 
> I can do this to get a listing of the directory's contents:
>
> ftp_server.retrlines('LIST')
>
>
> The output from this goes to the console and I can't figure out how to 
> turn that into something I can use to actually get the files (like a 
> list of file names). I read a bit about the callback function that can 
> be passed to retrlines but I couldn't figure out how to use it.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

<ftp object>.nlst(argument) will return a list of file names.  Here are 
the docs for the nlst command:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/ftp-objects.html


HTH,

Jeremy Jones