$ftpobj = Net::FTP -> new ($URL) or die "unable to connect\n"; print "Connection successful\n"; print "retrieving file from medix\n"; $ftpobj -> login($user, $pass); $ftpobj -> cwd ($src_dir); @files=$ftpobj->dir; foreach(@files) { print "$_\n"; } $ftpobj -> get ("INPUT", "$dest_dir/OUTPUT"); $ftpobj -> quit; print "file size ",-s "$dest_dir/OUTPUT"," bytes\n";