File download from Unix server using Python

We are going to see about File download from Unix or Linux server to your window machine using Python script.

There are 2 steps involved:
1> First establish the FTP connection
2> Download the files based on your needs


'''
filedownload.py
'''
# import required modulesa
from ftplib import FTP
import os

#Define the variables
ftpServer = 'yyy.com'  # or specify the IP address of the server
ftpUser = 'userx'
ftpPass = 'userpwd'
ftpFilePath = '/home/user/work/'
localDir = "C:\download"

# Function to connect FTP server
def ftpConnect():
    ftp = FTP(ftpServer)
    ftp.login(ftpUser,ftpPass)
    print ftp.sendcmd('pwd') # print the default home directory
    downloadFiles(ftp,ftpFilePath)
    ftp.quit()

# start downloading the files
downloadFiles(ftp,ftpFilePath):
    fileLists = []
   # create a local windows directory if does not exists 
    if not os.path.isdir(localFeedDir):
        os.mkdir(localDir)
   # Set the current working directory as the folder you want to download 
    ftp.cwd(path)
    ftp.retrlines('LIST',fileLists.append) #Lists out the files and directories 
    print "length is", len(fileLists) # prints the number of files in a directory

    for i in range(len(fileLists)): # extract only file name
        words = fileLists[i].split(None, 8)
        filename = words[-1].lstrip()
        local_filename = os.path.join(r"%s" %localDir, filename)
                lf = open(local_filename, "wb")
                ftp.retrbinary("RETR " + filename, lf.write, 8*1024)
                lf.close()

def main():
    ftpConnect()

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