write to remote ile

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monkeys paw wrote:
> On 3/7/2010 9:53 PM, Martin P. Hellwig wrote:
>> On 03/08/10 02:51, monkeys paw wrote:
>>> On 3/7/2010 9:20 PM, Martin P. Hellwig wrote:
>>>> On 03/08/10 02:10, monkeys paw wrote:
>>>>> I can xfer a file from a remote server using:
>>>>>
>>>>> import urllib2 as u
>>>>> x=u.urlopen('http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl')
>>>>>
>>>>> for line in x:
>>>>> print line
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How can i write a file to the remote server?
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried:
>>>>>
>>>>> x = u.url.open('http://joemoney.net/somefile.txt', 'w')
>>>>>
>>>>> but that does not work
>>>>
>>>> How do you normally (i.e. without python) put files on a remote server?
>>>>
>>> Using FTP, i'm really having a brain cramp here, but i'm new to python
>>
>> We all been there, in some for or other ;-), anyway you might want to
>> have a look at this:
>> http://docs.python.org/library/ftplib.html
>>
> 
> Tried this, the storlines doesn't work, everything else OK
> 
> from ftplib import FTP
> ftp = FTP('joemoney.net')
> ftp.login('secret','pw')
> ftp.retrlines('LIST')     # list directory contents
> ftp.storlines('STOR', 'sf.xml')   # Is this incorrect, it throws error>
> 
The documentation says:

     FTP.storlines(cmd, file, callback=None)

where 'cmd' is the FTP command, 'STOR sf.xml' ('sf.xl' is the path of
the file on the server) and 'file' is the open (local) source file.