Download script for Argo data

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 import os,os.path
   3 from ftplib import FTP
   4 
   5 tmp_dir='/scratch/clisap/seaice/TMP/u242023/ARGO/'
   6 
   7 ftp_adr='ftp.ifremer.fr'
   8 ftp_dir='/ifremer/argo/geo/atlantic_ocean/2011/01/'
   9 
  10 ftp = FTP(ftp_adr)   # connect to host, default port
  11 ftp.login()          # user anonymous, passwd anonymous@
  12 ftp.cwd(ftp_dir)
  13 
  14 file_list=ftp.nlst()
  15 
  16 for f in file_list:
  17     urlfile='ftp://'+ftp_adr+ftp_dir+f
  18     localfile=tmp_dir+f
  19    
  20     if not(os.path.exists(localfile)):
  21         print 'Getting file '+f
  22          #We use curl instead of ftp.retrbinary for download
  23         os.system("curl -s -k -o "+localfile+"  "+urlfile)
  24     else:
  25         print 'file '+f+' exists'
  26 
  27 ftp.close()