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import ftplib

ftp = ftplib.FTP('ftp.novell.com', 'anonymous','b@n.com')
print "File List:"
files = ftp.dir()
print files

ftp.cwd("/pub")
gFile = open("readme.txt", "wb")
ftp.retrbinary('RETR Readme', gFile.write)
gFile.close()
ftp.quit()

gFile = open("readme.txt", "r")
buff = gFile.read()
print buff
gFile.close()








21.24.ftp
21.24.1.Using Python to Fetch Files from an FTP Server
21.24.2.Interactive FTP Example
21.24.3.FTP Download Example
21.24.4.Binary file download
21.24.5.ASCII file download
21.24.6.Binary file upload
21.24.7.Binary file download 2
21.24.8.Basic FTP connection
21.24.9.File dir() example
21.24.10.Parse return value from dir() function
21.24.11.FTP nlst example
21.24.12.nlst() with file/directory detection example