FTP
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Connect to a server, change directory and download a file as binary using the FTP protocol. Use passive mode if available.
Python 2
<lang Python> from ftplib import FTP ftp = FTP('kernel.org') ftp.login() ftp.cwd('/pub/linux/kernel') ftp.set_pasv(True) # Default since Python 2.1 print ftp.retrlines('LIST') print ftp.retrbinary('RETR README', open('README', 'wb').write) ftp.quit() </lang>
REBOL
<lang REBOL> system/schemes/ftp/passive: on print read ftp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ write/binary %README read/binary ftp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/README </lang>
Tcl
<lang Tcl> package require ftp
set conn [::ftp::Open kernel.org anonymous "" -mode passive]
- ftp::Cd $conn /pub/linux/kernel
foreach line [ftp::NList $conn] {
puts $line
}
- ftp::Type $conn binary
- ftp::Get $conn README README
</lang>