comparison sra_fetch.py @ 1:aa7ab53c53bf draft

Started working on the python FTP script.
author matt-shirley
date Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:32:13 -0500
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1 from ftplib import FTP
2 import os, sys, os.path
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4 # Get accession number from argument
5 accession = sys.argv[1]
6 prefix = accession[0:2].uppercase()
7 middle = accession[3:5]
8 suffix = accession[6:8]
9
10 ftp = FTP('ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov')
11
12 def handleDownload(block):
13 file.write(block)
14
15 ftp.login()
16 ftp.cwd('/sra/sra-instant/reads/BySample/sra/