ftplib limitations?

[durumdara]

Hi!

>
> So if I understand correctly, the script works well on
> smaller files but not on the large one?

Yes. 500-800 MB is ok.  > 1 GB is not ok.

>
> > It down all of the file (100%) but the next line never reached.
>
> _Which_ line is never reached? The `print` statement after
> the `retrbinary` call?

Yes, the print.

>
> > Some error I got, but this was in yesterday, I don't remember the text
> > of the error.
>
> Can't you reproduce the error by executing the script once
> more? Can you copy the file to another server and see if the
> problem shows up there, too?

I got everytime, but I don't have another server to test it.

>
> I can imagine the error message (a full traceback if
> possible) would help to say a bit more about the cause of
> the problem and maybe what to do about it.

This was:

Filename: "Repositories 20100824_101805 (Teljes).zip" Size: 1530296127
..download: 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\D\LocalBackup\ftpdown.py", line 31, in <module>
    ftp.retrbinary("retr " + s, CallBack)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 401, in retrbinary
    return self.voidresp()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 223, in voidresp
    resp = self.getresp()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 209, in getresp
    resp = self.getmultiline()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 195, in getmultiline
    line = self.getline()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 182, in getline
    line = self.file.readline()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\socket.py", line 406, in readline
    data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
socket.error: [Errno 10054] A lÚtez§ kapcsolatot a tßvoli ßllomßs
kÚnyszerÝtette
n bezßrta

So this message is meaning that the remote station forced close the
existing connection.

Now I'm trying with saving the file into temporary file, not hold in
memory.

Thanks:
   dd