I have my domain on a server and the server runs a script each night to perform a backup. The backup is saved on the server in a specific location with the date appended to the end of the filename and in a .tgz format.
My goal is to log into the server via FTP and download the backup file and sane it locally. My script so far:
from ftplib import FTP
import fnmatch
ftp = FTP('ftp.mydomain.com')
ftp.login('websitebackups@mydomain.com', 'mypassword')
files = ftp.nlst()
for file in files:
if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, '*tgz'):
print("Downloading..." + file)
try:
ftp.retrbinary("RETR" + file, open("/home/PiEight/" + file, 'wb').write)
except EOFError:
pass
ftp.close()
When I run the script, I get :
Downloading...mysite_backup_01-Mar-2023.tgz
Then, after several minutes, I get:
ftplib.error_temp: 421 Timeout - try typing a little faster next time
The script is finding the correct file and beginning the download but that's it. The file is created locally but it is always 0 bytes. Can someone please give me some insight as to the problem and suggestions?
You are missing a space between the RETR and the file. Moreover you fail to close the local file. The correct code should be:
with open("/home/PiEight/" + file, 'wb') as f:
ftp.retrbinary("RETR " + file, f.write)