Is there a Python equivalent to Perl's File::Listing::parse_dir

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Hi John,

On 2010-08-11 20:24, John Nagle wrote:
>    Perl has a function which will take a remote directory page, in
> the form that most web sites return for a file directory, and
> parse it into a useful form:
> 
> 	http://www.xav.com/perl/site/lib/File/Listing.html
> 
> This is especially useful for FTP sites.
> 
> Is there a Python equivalent of this?  I'm converting some
> old Perl code.
> 
> Even the Python FTP module doesn't have a directory parser.

I saw this posting only now. I hope it's not too late to
point you to ftputil, http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net . :-)
As the name implies, it's FTP-only for now, though.

If you have any questions regarding the library, please ask.

Stefan