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ftplib question: how to upload files?

Steve Holden sholden at holdenweb.com
Fri Sep 12 07:48:59 EDT 2003 
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> Hi:
>
> I want to write a procedure to automatically upload some files for me, but
> I'm getting stuck.  Before I write my own gruesome put() function, I
> wanted to check if there is an easier way.
>
> Here's what I can do so far:
> >>>import ftplib
> >>>conn = ftplib.FTP('ftp.example.com')
> >>>conn.login(user='userid', passwd='passwd')
> >>>conn.cwd('/var/www/html/incoming')
>
> What do I do to send files?
>
> I have three files I want to upload, but I'm not sure what to do.  I hoped
> to find a ftplib.put() method, but it looks like ftplib is a low-level
> interface.
>
> All help is welcome.
>

See if the code in

    http://www.holdenweb.com/Python/PDCode/ftpStream.py

will help. It's supposed to make FTP easier.

regards
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Steve Holden                                  http://www.holdenweb.com/
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