#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Net::FTP::Scalar; $Net::FTP::Scalar::SCALAR_MODE = 1; my $OUT_FILE; my $ftp = Net::FTP::Scalar -> new("ftp.isi.edu", Debug => 0); $ftp -> login("anonymous", "foo@"); $ftp -> cwd("/in-notes"); if (not $ftp -> get("rfc1001.txt")) { $ftp -> quit; die "could not ftp ...\n"; } else { $OUT_FILE = $Net::FTP::Scalar::OUT_FILE; } print $OUT_FILE; exit 0;