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Using Python’s ftplib to get a directory listing, portably

December 25, 2020 Ogima Cooper

Question or problem about Python programming: You can use ftplib for full FTP support in Python. However the preferred way of getting a directory listing is:

How do you transfer a directory with multiple sub-directories over ftp?

December 23, 2020 Simon Abital

Question or issue on macOS: I’m a novice user trying to figure out how to transfer a 48 Gb directory (from the Mac Terminal command line) that contains multiple sub-directories, which themselves contain multiple directories, … I’d like to not have to confirm the transfer of each sub-directory with a ‘y/n’ prompt. How to solve […]

Python: download a file from an FTP server

December 22, 2020 Simon Abital

Question or problem about Python programming: I’m trying to download some public data files. I screenscrape to get the links to the files, which all look something like this:

Python Script Uploading files via FTP

December 3, 2020 Simon Abital

Question or problem about Python programming: I would like to make a script to upload a file to FTP.

One line ftp server in python

November 20, 2020 Oceane Wilson

Question or problem about Python programming: Is it possible to have a one line command in python to do a simple ftp server? I’d like to be able to do this as quick and temporary way to transfer files to a linux box without having to install a ftp server. Preferably a way using built […]

Best FTP/SFTP Client Apps for MacOS

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Jeffrey Schneider

These FTPs are software that establishes a connection between your server and PC to facilitate file transfer. You can easily copy, upload, delete, rename, and edit files/folders on your FTP server.