file_transfer_protocol doesn't actually implement FTP

[AlexDvorak]

It simply sends the contents of a single file over a TCP socket, with no support for browsing directories, or authentication. While this is a good demo of how to setup and use TCP sockets in Python, it is not really an implementation of FTP.

[cclauss]

What would be a better, less misleading title for these files?

[AlexDvorak]

send_data.py?

[cclauss]

send_file.py and receive_file.py ?
send_a_file.py and receive_a_file.py ?

Please consider submitting a PR.

[AlexDvorak]

sure, send_file.py and receive_file.py sounds good

[cclauss]

Should the directory name also be changed?

[AlexDvorak]

I wouldn't because I think that an actual implementation of FTP would make more sense with this simple sending and receiving a file over sockets. (I currently do not have the time to implement the actual FTP protocol, but I believe it would be valuable? Unless it is out of scope for the repo?)

[cclauss]

There are already open source implémentations of ftp. Why not just rename the directory file_transfer and it can contain just a few simple examples.

[AlexDvorak]

sure, does this look good? https://github.com/dlsyj/ftp

[cclauss]

We do not need a full implementation of ftp in this repo. Just some simple implementations of how to transfer a file from one machine to another.