[BioPython] problems to fetch pdb files from server using pdb_list

[Florian Koelling]

Humm - I recognised that I was still using Biopython 1.42 (installed via
synaptics) - it works fine on 1.45! :-))))


Peter wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Florian Koelling
> <florian.koelling at tu-bs.de> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Folks!
>>
>> I tried to download pdb files using  pdb_list:
>> (the second variant didn't work as well:-@)
>>
>> from Bio.PDB import*
>>
>> pdbl=PDBList()
>> pdbl.retrieve_pdb_file('1FAT')
>>     
>
> This worked for me, it create a subdirectory "fa" inside the current
> working directory, and saved the PDB there as "pdb1fat.ent".
>
> Are you sure the error you quoted in your email matches this code?
>
>   
>> #pdbl.retrieve_pdb_file('1FAT', obsolete= compression='.Z',
>> uncompress='gunzip', pdir='/home/flo/Desktop')
>>     
>
> The above isn't valid python syntax (there is something wrong between
> the words obsolete and compression).  You probably want something like
> this:
>
> pdbl.retrieve_pdb_file('1FAT', pdir='/home/flo/Desktop')
>
> Peter
>