Downloading text files with Python and ftplib.FTP from z/os

Question

I\'m trying to automate downloading of some text files from a z/os PDS, using Python and ftplib.

Since the host files are EBCDIC, I can\'t simply use FTP.retrbinary(

Answer 1

Just came across this question as I was trying to figure out how to recursively download datasets from z/OS. I've been using a simple python script for years now to download ebcdic files from the mainframe. It effectively just does this:

def writeline(line):
    file.write(line + "\n")

file = open(filename, "w")
ftp.retrlines("retr " + filename, writeline)