Using Python's ftplib to get a directory listing, portably

Question

You can use ftplib for full FTP support in Python. However the preferred way of getting a directory listing is:

# File: ftplib-example-1.py

import ftplib

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Answer 1

Try to use ftp.nlst(dir).

However, note that if the folder is empty, it might throw an error:

files = []

try:
    files = ftp.nlst()
except ftplib.error_perm, resp:
    if str(resp) == "550 No files found":
        print "No files in this directory"
    else:
        raise

for f in files:
    print f