= Download script for Argo data =


{{{#!python
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os,os.path
from ftplib import FTP

tmp_dir='/scratch/clisap/seaice/TMP/u242023/ARGO/'

ftp_adr='ftp.ifremer.fr'
ftp_dir='/ifremer/argo/geo/atlantic_ocean/2011/01/'

ftp = FTP(ftp_adr)   # connect to host, default port
ftp.login()          # user anonymous, passwd anonymous@
ftp.cwd(ftp_dir)

file_list=ftp.nlst()

for f in file_list:
    urlfile='ftp://'+ftp_adr+ftp_dir+f
    localfile=tmp_dir+f
   
    if not(os.path.exists(localfile)):
        print 'Getting file '+f
         #We use curl instead of ftp.retrbinary for download
        os.system("curl -s -k -o "+localfile+"  "+urlfile)
    else:
        print 'file '+f+' exists'

ftp.close()
}}}