Is there a Python equivalent to Perl's File::Listing::parse_dir

[John Nagle]

Perl has a function which will take a remote directory page, in
the form that most web sites return for a file directory, and
parse it into a useful form:

http://www.xav.com/perl/site/lib/File/Listing.html

This is especially useful for FTP sites.

Is there a Python equivalent of this? I'm converting some
old Perl code.

Even the Python FTP module doesn't have a directory parser.

John Nagle

 

[Thomas Jollans]

This is especially useful for FTP sites.

It sounds like you're trying to use HTTP to something a lot more easily done
with FTP, without any reason not to use FTP.

http://docs.python.org/library/ftplib.html#ftplib.FTP.dir

 

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Hi John,

Perl has a function which will take a remote directory page, in
the form that most web sites return for a file directory, and
parse it into a useful form:

http://www.xav.com/perl/site/lib/File/Listing.html

This is especially useful for FTP sites.

Is there a Python equivalent of this? I'm converting some
old Perl code.

Even the Python FTP module doesn't have a directory parser.

I saw this posting only now. I hope it's not too late to
point you to ftputil, http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net .
As the name implies, it's FTP-only for now, though.

If you have any questions regarding the library, please ask.

Stefan