How to ftp within a Perl script

[banjopicker]

I am trying to execute a series of ftp commands within a perl script on windows. I thought this would be as easy as using DOS commands with 'system' commands. This does not seem to work and I get stuck at the first ftp step. I have also tried using ampersands as a continuation of the DOS commands but that does not work either. Below is the code I am using. Any feedback is greatly appreciated,
banjopicker


#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#####################################
# FTP in Perl
#####################################
use strict;
use warnings;


system ('ftp');
system ('open servername');
system ('username,password');

 

[Mephansteras]

There is a perl FTP module on CPAN that we use for our scripts. I don't know if it works on windows or not, but it's probably worth a look.

 

[MikeLacey]

On

http://www.cpan.org,

look for Net::FTP

with ActivePerl (Windows Perl) you should try installing via PPM as your first option

Mike

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