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Welcome. I suggest starting with Net::FTP, see also A tour with Net::FTP.

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Re^2: best FTP
by RobK (Novice) on Sep 07, 2021 at 12:12 UTC

    Thanks for responding

    I had thought that was *NIX oriented, but I'll give it a try.

    Since my objective here is to relearn perl, even a failure is potentially worthwhile

      Be sure to post back should you experience any issues.

        with pleasure, but I'll try to spare you newbie's own mistakes
      I had thought that was *NIX oriented, but I'll give it a try

      The script that I use to transfer database backup files from our webserver makes use of Net::FTP. The script runs on a Windows 10 machine (using Strawberry Perl) at home so the backup files are offsite from the server.