ftp attempt

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I cant get my ftp to work. I keep getting error message such as:

C:\Perl\bin>ftpr.pl
Can't call method "login" on an undefined value at C:\Perl\bin\ftpr.pl line 5. The script:

use Net::FTP;

$ftp = Net::FTP->new("myserver@here.com", Debug => 0);
$ftp->login("myname","mypassword") || die "Did not work:$!\n";
$ftp->cwd("/usr/home/myname");
$ftp->get("test.txt");
$ftp->quit;
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The server I am trying to get the file from is behind a firewall. I am on a NT workstation trying to get a file off a Solaris 7 server.

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Re: ftp attempt by gav^ (Curate) on Sep 10, 2002 at 12:06 UTC
The docs mention: If the constructor fails undef will be returned and an error message will be in $@ If you change your code to: `$ftp = Net::FTP->new("myserver@here.com", Debug => 1) \|\| die "Unable to connect: $@\n";` [download] Hopefully the error message will help. gav^	[reply] [d/l]
Re: ftp attempt by helgi (Hermit) on Sep 10, 2002 at 12:59 UTC
gav^++ on suggesting you add the Debug info. Also, your server name, `myserver@here.com` looks more like an e-mail address than a server. I am pretty sure it should be `myserver.here.com` Regards, Helgi Briem	[reply] [d/l] [select]