$ftp->get("$directory.thedir","C:\\temp\\ftp")
	|| die "get failed ", $ftp->message;

##</code><code>##

$ftp->get("$directory.thefile","C:\\temp\\ftp")
$ftp->get("$directory.thefile","C:\\temp\\ftp\\thefile")
$ftp->get("$directory.thefile","C:\\temp\\ftp\\thefile.txt")