$sftp->binary failing

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My conversion to binary using sftp is failing in my perl script. Can someone help? A portion of the perl script is below. Thank You!


use Net::SFTP::Foreign;

    my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new($remotehost, %args) or $newerr 
+= 1;
        if($newerr){
            $err = $sftp->error;
            push @ERRORS, "Can't sftp to $remotehost - Error: $err";
            myerr();
        }

        else
            {
                $sftp->setcwd("$remotedir$file_ext") or $newerr=1;
                if($newerr){
                    $err = $sftp->error;
                    push @ERRORS, "Can't cd to $remotedir - Error: $er
+r";
                    myerr();
                }
                else
                {
                foreach(@file)
                {
                $sftp->binary;
                $sftp->put("$OUTDIR$_", "$_") or $newerr = 1;
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Re: $sftp->binary failing by NetWallah (Canon) on Aug 13, 2014 at 03:38 UTC
Neither Net::SFTP nor Net::SFTP::Foreign have a documented "binary" method. (Perhaps you expected them to, because Net::FTP does.) Net::SFTP::Foreign allows you to pass a ~~reference to a~~ file handle in the "put" method. It is possible to open this file handle and "binmode" it, prior to passing it in - this will probably accomplish what you are attempting. Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.	[reply]
Re: $sftp->binary failing by salva (Canon) on Aug 13, 2014 at 16:33 UTC
The transfer mode (text or binary) is a feature of FTP that doesn't have an equivalent on SFTP (mostly because the transformation can be done on the client side). Just remove the `binary` call from your code.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: $sftp->binary failing by Anonymous Monk on Aug 13, 2014 at 00:45 UTC
"Failing" is not an accurate enough description of the problem - are you getting error messages (if yes, which ones exactly?), is something else going wrong, etc.?. Please read and follow How do I post a question effectively?	[reply]