Index of /ftp/pub/mirrors/ftp.python.org
Python Distribution
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Most subdirectories have a README or INDEX files explaining the
contents.
src/ Python source (C core and Python librarys) for most platforms
doc/ Documentation (PostScript, LaTeX, HTML, ...)
contrib/ Contributed software
mac/ Apple Macintosh specific files
(See http://www.python.org/windows for the core of the win32 Python universe.)
pc/ DOS, Windows 3.1(1), OS/2 specific files
win32/ Windows NT specific files (see also wpy/ and pythonwin/)
nt/ Same directory as 'win32' - see just above
binaries-1.5/ UNIX binaries (not as current as you'd like :-( )
binaries-1.4/ Older UNIX binaries
binaries-1.3/ Older UNIX binaries
binaries-1.2/ Older UNIX binaries
binaries-1.1/ Older UNIX binaries
mail/ Old mailing list archives - 1992 -> April 1995
(See http://www.python.org/locator/ for search of
mailing list traffic from 1995 to the present.)
misc/ Miscellaneous
pythonwin/ Windows NT distribution from Mark Hammond
wpy/ Portable GUI library (NT, Win32s and Unix/X/Tk)
vms/ VMS specific files
Extensions (may be combined):
.gz compressed with "gzip".
.tar UNIX tar file
.exe DOS or Windows executable
.shar self-unpacking UNIX shell archive
.hqx Mac BinHex 4.0
.sit StuffIt Light(TM) Mac archive
.sea StuffIt Light(TM) self-extracting Mac archive
.bin MacBinary format
.html HyperText Mark-up Language (WWW)
.el Emacs Lisp
.ps PostScript
.lect Lectern display format
.zip DOS zip archive
.tgz == .tar.gz
You can force the ftp server to deliver gzipped versions of files,
and/or tar directories, by adding the appropriate suffix to the name
of the actual file you're fetching. Eg, 'get README.gz' will get a
gzipped version of this file, and 'get misc.tar.gz' will fetch a
gzipped tar archive of the misc subdir.