работа с ftplib

import ftplib
ftp=ftplib.FTP(...,...,...)
print 'retrlines'
ftp.retrlines('LIST')
print 'close'
ftp.close()
print 'done'

>>> import ftplib
>>> server = ftplib.FTP('ftp.gnu.org')
>>> conans = server.connect()
>>> logans = server.login()
>>> lines = []
>>> def f(s):
...   lines.append(s)
... 
>>> server.dir('/gnu', f)
>>> quitans = server.quit()
>>> 
>>> print conans
220 GNU FTP server ready.
>>> print logans
230-Due to U.S. Export Regulations, all cryptographic software on this
230-site is subject to the following legal notice:
230-
230-    This site includes publicly available encryption source code
230-    which, together with object code resulting from the compiling of
230-    publicly available source code, may be exported from the United
230-    States under License Exception "TSU" pursuant to 15 C.F.R. Section
230-    740.13(e).
230-
230-This legal notice applies to cryptographic software only. Please see
230-the Bureau of Industry and Security ([url]www.bxa.doc.gov[/url]) for more
230-information about current U.S. regulations.
230 Login successful.
>>> print quitans
221 Goodbye.
>>> 
>>> print '\n'.join(lines[:10])
drwxr-xr-x    2 3003     3003         4096 Jan 16  2004 3dldf
-rw-r--r--    1 3003     65534        1492 Jan 25  2001 =README
-rw-r--r--    1 3003     65534         745 Mar 20  1997 =README-about-.diff-files
-rw-r--r--    1 3003     65534        1042 Jan 08  2000 =README-about-.gz-files
drwxrwxr-x    3 0        3003         4096 Feb 08  2005 GNUinfo
drwxrwsr-x    3 0        3003         4096 Aug 14  2003 GNUsBulletins
drwxrwxr-x    2 0        3003         4096 Sep 04 04:45 Licenses
drwxrwxr-x    2 0        3003         4096 Aug 02  2003 MailingListArchives
drwxrwxr-x    2 0        3003         4096 Aug 02  2003 MicrosPorts
-rw-r--r--    1 3003     65534       29107 May 03  1998 ProgramIndex
>>>