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  use strict;
  use warnings;
...
  system('ftp', '-N', 'mystartfile', 'ftp.server.com') && die "FTP FAI
+LURE: $!\n";
  chdir('/where/I/was/before');
# ...

machine ftp.server.com
login me
...
cd /path/to/fetch/from
mget *
bye

system('ftp -N mystartfile ftp.server.com &') && die "Couldn't start f
+tp transfer: $!\n";