FTP problem

[Thomas Philips]

I'm using ftplib for the first time, and am having trouble getting it
to work. I type

where I have suppressed the user name and password, and I get

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
ftp = FTP('ftp.indexftp.barcap.com')
File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 116, in __init__
self.connect(host)
File "C:\Python26\lib\ftplib.py", line 131, in connect
self.sock = socket.create_connection((self.host, self.port),
self.timeout)
File "C:\Python26\lib\socket.py", line 498, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

I have tried this on two different computers and on two different
versions of Python (2.6 and 2.7). I get the same error both times, and
have no understanding of what the problem might be. Any assistance
would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely

Thomas Philips

 

[python]

Thomas,

ftp = FTP('ftp.indexftp.barcap.com', 'A Valid Username', ' A Valid Password')

Your FTP URI is bad. When I try to connect to your site from the Windows
FTP client, I get the following response:

Unknown host ftp.indexftp.barcap.com.

Malcolm

 

[Sudheer Satyanarayana]

gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

That part of the error indicates, your computer is unable to resolve the
IP address for the hostname

ftp.indexftp.barcap.com

Make sure the hostname is valid.

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[Dennis Lee Bieber]

I'm using ftplib for the first time, and am having trouble getting it
to work. I type

C:\Documents and Settings\Dennis Lee Bieber>tracert
ftp.indexftp.barcap.com
Unable to resolve target system name ftp.indexftp.barcap.com.

Stuff in a valid host name and it should work

 

[Justin Ezequiel]

'indexftp.barcap.com' only (sans the 'ftp.' prefix) allows me to
connect to an FTP server

ftp indexftp.barcap.com

Connected to usftp.barcap.com.
220-Connected to usftp.barcap.com.
220 FTP server ready.
User (usftp.barcap.comnone)):