PyS60 - download file using urlretrieve

The following function written in Python downloads a remote file to mobile phone.

import urllib

def download_file():
    remoteFileName = u"http://example.com/a.txt" # set the url here
    localFileName = u"c:\\items.txt"
    urllib.urlretrieve(remoteFileName, localFileName)

download_file()

The code was used in my 'DSE Price Tracker' application in order to download the list of companies.

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