Invoking and using Linux find correctly with a database in python -

i asked similar question left out database part:

implementation of linux find command in python

the problem of these answers subprocess methods correctly implement find can search within computer. i'm trying search in ftp database , have attempted following types of things:

find_output = subprocess.check_output('find ~', shell = true)  

into

find_output = subprocess.check_output('find ' + sitename, shell = true) 

or

find_output = subprocess.check_output('find ' + sitename, filename, shell = true) 

among other attempts, nothing has worked far. trying search specific file or directory within directories , subdirectories in ftp database , printing out pathway. there useful method not subprocess or there way correctly adapt subprocess accept additional arguments (sitename, filename)?

try using list command elements

>>> subprocess.check_output(["find", ".", "-name", "*.py"]) b'./docs/conf.py\n./setup.py\n'  >>> help(subprocess.check_output) on function check_output in module subprocess:  check_output(*popenargs, timeout=none, **kwargs)     run command arguments , return output. ... 

re-reading question you'll want use ftp client connect ftp server , @ files there.

see python 3 ftplib docs

>>> ftplib import ftp >>> ftp("ftp1.at.proftpd.org") ftp: ...     ftp.login() ...     ftp.dir() ...