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Helen Neely
Helen Neely

Reputation: 4740

Python FTP won't Transfer

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but this small ftp code won't transfer files. I keep getting

File "example.py", line 11, in ? ftp.storlines("STOR " + file, open(file))

ftplib.error_perm: 550 /home/helen/docs/example.txt: Operation not permitted

Here is the code:

import ftplib

file = '/home/helen/docs/example.txt'     
ftp = ftplib.FTP('domain', 'user', 'password')
print "File List: "
files = ftp.dir()

ftp.cwd("/upload/")

ftp.storlines("STOR " + file, open(file))

f.close()                               
s.quit()

Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3920

Answers (2)

martineau
martineau

Reputation: 123413

I think the error you're getting is that you're adding the entire file path to the first argument in thestorlines()call. Instead, just specify the file name itself:

import os
ftp.storlines("STOR " + os.path.basename(file), open(file))

You might want to consider changingfiletofilepath,since that's what it really is (plus you will no longer be hiding the built-in function & type of the same name).

Upvotes: 6

TehTris
TehTris

Reputation: 3207

550 error literally means according to wikipedia "550 Requested action not taken. File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FTP_server_return_codes

are you sure you have the right permissions?

try this

ftp = ftplib.FTP('domain')
ftp.login('user','pass')

i think the object creation was just a little jacked up.

Upvotes: 0

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