Create missing directories in ftplib storbinary

Question

I was using pycurl to transfer files over ftp in python. I could create the missing directories automatically on my remote server using:

c.setopt(pycurl.FTP_CREA         


        

Answer 1

I tried adding this as a comment to the @Alex L 's answer, but it was too long. You need to descend recursively when changing directory if you want to create directories on the way. E.g.

def chdir(ftp, directory):
    ch_dir_rec(ftp,directory.split('/')) 

# Check if directory exists (in current location)
def directory_exists(ftp, directory):
    filelist = []
    ftp.retrlines('LIST',filelist.append)
    for f in filelist:
        if f.split()[-1] == directory and f.upper().startswith('D'):
            return True
    return False

def ch_dir_rec(ftp, descending_path_split):
    if len(descending_path_split) == 0:
        return

    next_level_directory = descending_path_split.pop(0)

    if not directory_exists(ftp,next_level_directory):
        ftp.mkd(next_level_directory)
    ftp.cwd(next_level_directory)
    ch_dir_rec(ftp,descending_path_split)