ftplib with unknown file names

[rbt]

Jeremy Jones wrote:
> 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

Very good Jeremy! Thank you for pointing that out. It works great.