# File: ftplib-example-1.py

import ftplib

ftp = ftplib.FTP("www.python.org")
ftp.login("anonymous", "ftplib-example-1")

data = []

ftp.dir(data.append)

ftp.quit()

for line in data:
    print "-", line

## $ python ftplib-example-1.py
## - total 34
## - drwxrwxr-x  11 root     4127         512 Sep 14 14:18 .
## - drwxrwxr-x  11 root     4127         512 Sep 14 14:18 ..
## - drwxrwxr-x   2 root     4127         512 Sep 13 15:18 RCS
## - lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     bin           11 Jun 29 14:34 README -> welcome.msg
## - drwxr-xr-x   3 root     wheel        512 May 19  1998 bin
## - drwxr-sr-x   3 root     1400         512 Jun  9  1997 dev
## - drwxrwxr--   2 root     4127         512 Feb  8  1998 dup
## - drwxr-xr-x   3 root     wheel        512 May 19  1998 etc
## ...