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+import pycurl
+from io import BytesIO
+
+def dirlist(u):
+    # lets create a buffer in which we will write the output
+    buffer = BytesIO()
+    
+    # lets create a pycurl object
+    c = pycurl.Curl()
+
+    # lets specify the details of FTP server
+    # c.setopt(pycurl.URL, r'ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/refseq/release/')
+    c.setopt(pycurl.URL, u)
+
+    # lets assign this buffer to pycurl object
+    c.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, buffer.write)
+
+    # lets perform the LIST operation
+    try:
+        c.perform()
+    except:
+        code = c.getinfo(pycurl.HTTP_CODE)
+        print('ERROR: cURL HTTP_CODE:', code)
+    c.close()
+
+    # lets get the buffer in a string
+    body = buffer.getvalue()
+    print(body)
+    return body  # Returns Bytes!!!
+
+
+def file(u, o):
+    with open(o, 'wb') as f:
+        c = pycurl.Curl()
+        c.setopt(c.URL, u)
+        c.setopt(c.WRITEDATA, f)
+        c.setopt(c.NOPROGRESS, 1)  # Show (0) or not show (1) the progress
+        print('INFO: Downloading file from {u} to {o}'.format(o=o, u=u))
+        try:
+            c.perform()
+        except:
+            code = c.getinfo(pycurl.HTTP_CODE)
+            print('ERROR: cURL HTTP_CODE:', code)
+        c.close()
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