Amphiplex, respect. I will ++ this tomorrow and yes :

$ftp = Net::FTP->new($destination, Debug => 1, Passive =>1) || die "Co
+uldn't connect! $!\n";
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does indeed fix the problem under Linux.

Bukowski - aka Dan (dcs@black.hole-in-the.net)
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