Bugs item #1357260, was opened at 2005-11-15 10:35 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1357260&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Bugs Fly (mozbugbox) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: urllib/urllib2 cannot ftp files which are not listable. Initial Comment: For whatever reason (security, privacy), there are ftp sites which will not allow ftp list command while normal downloading can be performed "blindly". This mostly happens on direct linked ftp urls. In urllib.py, the ftp wrapper first check with "self.ftp.nlst(file)" before downloading, thus prevent the above sites from being useful. From the codes around, I saw no reason this extra step/check was performed at all. If the file really did not exist, RETR would return a suitable error anyway as checked by the code below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1357260&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
