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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter
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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter

by Alan D. Moore
May 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
452 pages
11h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
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Listing files

There are three methods for listing files on an FTP server. The mlsd() method calls the MLSD command, which is typically the best and most complete output available. It can take an optional path argument, specifying the path to list (otherwise it lists the current directory), and a list of facts , such as "size", "type", or "perm", reflecting which data you'd like included with the filenames. The mlsd() command returns a generator object which can be iterated or cast to another sequence type.

MLSD is a newer command and not always available, so there are two other methods available, nlst() and dir(), which correspond to the older NLST and DIR commands. Both methods accept an arbitrary number of arguments that will be appended ...

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