How to download a file via FTP with Python ftplib

Question

I have the following code which easily connects to the FTP server and opens a zip file. I want to download that file into the local system. How to do that?

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Answer 1

A = filename

ftp = ftplib.FTP("IP")
ftp.login("USR Name", "Pass")
ftp.cwd("/Dir")


try:
    ftp.retrbinary("RETR " + filename ,open(A, 'wb').write)
except:
    print "Error"