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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-27 14:54:06 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-27 14:54:06 (GMT)
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Document transfercmd(), ntransfercmd(), delete(), rmd(), size().
Thanks to Timothy Wild <twild@clear.net.nz> for catching the omission of delete().
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@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
\indexii{FTP}{protocol}
-This module defines the class \class{FTP} and a few related items. The
-\class{FTP} class implements the client side of the FTP protocol. You
-can use this to write Python programs that perform a variety of
+This module defines the class \class{FTP} and a few related items.
+The \class{FTP} class implements the client side of the FTP protocol.
+You can use this to write Python programs that perform a variety of
automated FTP jobs, such as mirroring other ftp servers. It is also
used by the module \module{urllib} to handle URLs that use FTP. For
-more information on FTP (File Transfer Protocol), see Internet \rfc{959}.
+more information on FTP (File Transfer Protocol), see Internet
+\rfc{959}.
Here's a sample session using the \module{ftplib} module:
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ The module defines the following items:
\begin{classdesc}{FTP}{\optional{host\optional{, user\optional{,
passwd\optional{, acct}}}}}
-Return a new instance of the \code{FTP} class. When
+Return a new instance of the \class{FTP} class. When
\var{host} is given, the method call \code{connect(\var{host})} is
made. When \var{user} is given, additionally the method call
\code{login(\var{user}, \var{passwd}, \var{acct})} is made (where
@@ -160,6 +161,21 @@ read until \EOF{} from the open file object \var{file} using its
\method{readline()} method to privide the data to be stored.
\end{methoddesc}
+\begin{methoddesc}{transfercmd}{cmd}
+Initiate a transfer over the data connection. If the transfer is
+active, send a \samp{PORT} command and the transfer command specified
+by \var{cmd}, and accept the connection. If the server is passive,
+send a \samp{PASV} command, connect to it, and start the transfer
+command. Either way, return the socket for the connection.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
+\begin{methoddesc}{ntransfercmd}{cmd}
+Like \method{transfercmd()}, but returns a tuple of the data
+connection and the expected size of the data. If the expected size
+could not be computed, \code{None} will be returned as the expected
+size.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
\begin{methoddesc}{nlst}{argument\optional{, \ldots}}
Return a list of files as returned by the \samp{NLST} command. The
optional \var{argument} is a directory to list (default is the current
@@ -180,6 +196,13 @@ as for \method{retrlines()}.
Rename file \var{fromname} on the server to \var{toname}.
\end{methoddesc}
+\begin{methoddesc}{delete}{filename}
+Remove the file named \var{filename} from the server. If successful,
+returns the text of the response, otherwise raises
+\exception{error_perm} on permission errors or \exception{error_reply}
+on other errors.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
\begin{methoddesc}{cwd}{pathname}
Set the current directory on the server.
\end{methoddesc}
@@ -192,6 +215,17 @@ Create a new directory on the server.
Return the pathname of the current directory on the server.
\end{methoddesc}
+\begin{methoddesc}{rmd}{dirname}
+Remove the directory named \var{dirname} on the server.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
+\begin{methoddesc}{size}{filename}
+Request the size of the file named \var{filename} on the server. On
+success, the size of the file is returned as an integer, otherwise
+\code{None} is returned. Note that the \samp{SIZE} command is not
+standardized, but is supported by many common server implementations.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
\begin{methoddesc}{quit}{}
Send a \samp{QUIT} command to the server and close the connection.
This is the ``polite'' way to close a connection, but it may raise an