Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'needed,': 0.05; '-0500': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'command.': 0.09; 'preserve': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'archive': 0.11; 'attributes.': 0.16; 'browsers.': 0.16; 'language?': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'thu,': 0.17; 'code,': 0.18; 'feb': 0.19; 'programming': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'creating': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.28; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'actual': 0.28; 'feeds': 0.29; 'really,': 0.29; 'smart': 0.29; 'stuff': 0.30; 'could': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'server': 0.35; 'data,': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'enough': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'nothing': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'help': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'kind': 0.61; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'websites': 0.66; 'internet': 0.71; '2013': 0.84; 'received:sd.cox.net': 0.84; 'angel': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: rh Subject: Re: Urllib's urlopen and urlretrieve Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:47:13 -0800 References: <34998ea2-6b19-4a98-8ea0-389aca0192ca@googlegroups.com> <5126439F.8090508@davea.name> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-227-87-145.sb.sd.cox.net User-Agent: dsodnetnin X-Mailer: EZnn0.37p X-Newsreader: EZnn0.37p X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: EZnn0.37p Original-Received: from slem by 1.1 with local X-No-Archive: yes Archive: no X-Archive: expiry=11 X-Archive: encrypt X-Operating-System: Barebones_6.1 X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.1.1 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.1.1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1361468816 news.xs4all.nl 6930 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59013 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:39446 On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:56:15 -0500 Dave Angel wrote: > On 02/21/2013 07:12 AM, qoresucks@gmail.com wrote: > > I only just started Python and given that I know nothing about > > network programming or internet programming of any kind really, I > > thought it would be interesting to try write something that could > > create an archive of a website for myself. > > To archive your website, use the rsync command. No need to write any > code, as rsync will descend into all the directories as needed, and > it'll get the actual website data, not the stuff that the web server > feeds to the browsers. How many websites let you suck down their content using rsync??? The request was for creating their own copy of a website. > > If for some reason you don't have rsync, you could use scp. But it > doesn't seem to be able to preserve attributes. It's also not smart > enough to only copy stuff that's been changed, when you want to > update incrementally. Ditto of above. And how does this help someone just learning the language?