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Greg, No worries! I'm glad you were able to find the problem on your own. Here's the more idiomatic way to solve it in Python: ds = cat.datasets[:] for element in ds: element.download(element.name) Ryan > Ryan, > Sorry again - I see that I missed incrementing the loop index - > my apologies. As I said I'm pretty new to python > > Greg > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 1:07 PM, Greg Stossmeister <address@hidden> wrote: > > Ryan, > > I'm still having trouble. Here's the latest revised script: > > > > #!/opt/local_el6_64/anaconda5/envs/py35/bin/python > > > > from datetime import datetime > > from siphon.catalog import TDSCatalog > > > > cat = > > TDSCatalog('http://thredds-test.unidata.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/satellite/goes16/GRB16/ABI/CONUS/Channel02/20180414/catalog.xml') > > > > ds = cat.datasets[:] > > > > index=0 > > while index < len(ds): > > element = ds[index] > > element.download(element.name) > > > > The script pulls 1 file and then seems to hang. What am I doing wrong? Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WBO-382798 Department: Support Python Priority: Low Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.