如果FTP服务器支持,可以通过发送MDTM命令来获取文件mtime,并对FTP服务器上的文件进行相应的排序。在def get_newest_files(ftp, limit=None):
"""Retrieves newest files from the FTP connection.
:ftp: The FTP connection to use.
:limit: Abort after yielding this amount of files.
"""
files = []
# Decorate files with mtime.
for filename in ftp.nlst():
response = ftp.sendcmd('MDTM {}'.format(filename))
_, mtime = response.split()
files.append((mtime, filename))
# Sort files by mtime and break after limit is reached.
for index, decorated_filename in enumerate(sorted(files, reverse=True)):
if limit is not None and index >= limit:
break
_, filename = decorated_filename # Undecorate
yield filename
downloaded = []
# Retrieves the newest file from the FTP server.
for filename in get_newest_files(ftp, limit=1):
print 'Getting ' + filename
with open(filename, 'wb') as file:
ftp.retrbinary('RETR '+ filename, file.write)
downloaded.append(filename)