Checking if object on FTP server is file or directory using Python and ftplib

by

There’s no better way (with FTP protocol in general, not just with ftplib).

The MLST/MLSD is the only correct and reliable way.

If you cannot use MLST/MLSD, trying CWD is the next best option.

Trying to parse LIST is a fallback option. But you need to know that the server uses listing format your program understands.

More Related Contents:

  1. Python FTP get the most recent file by date
  2. Python FTP implicit TLS connection issue
  3. Downloading a directory tree with ftplib
  4. How to get FTP file’s modify time using Python ftplib
  5. Cannot list FTP directory using ftplib – but FTP client works
  6. FTPS with Python ftplib – Session reuse required
  7. Python-FTP download all files in directory
  8. Is it possible to read FTP files without writing them using Python?
  9. Read a file in buffer from FTP python
  10. Connecting to ‘Explicit FTP over TLS’ in Python (??)
  11. Python: download a file from an FTP server
  12. Python Script Uploading files via FTP
  13. Get files names inside a zip file on FTP server without downloading whole archive
  14. Using Python’s ftplib to get a directory listing, portably
  15. Monitor remote FTP directory
  16. Convert a 3D array to RGB valued array [closed]
  17. How do I merge two dictionaries in a single expression (take union of dictionaries)?
  18. IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level
  19. Stacked Bar Chart with Centered Labels
  20. Extract subset of key-value pairs from dictionary?
  21. Validation of a Password – Python
  22. How to change the tables’ fontsize with matplotlib.pyplot
  23. figure of imshow() is too small
  24. Get root path of Flask application
  25. What does ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) do for parameters in Python?
  26. python_2_unicode_compatible error
  27. Unresolved import: models
  28. Split string at commas except when in bracket environment
  29. How to display charts in Spyder
  30. Why do I get “TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting” trying to check for an even/odd number?

Leave a Comment