in reply to trying to get Net::SFTP::Foreign to work

Where did ->new from the synopsis go?

When eval fails, check $@. 

my $ftph;
eval {
 $ftph = Net::SFTP::Foreign( "$user\@$host", more=>'-v', autodie=>0 );
1 } or die $@;

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