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

Hey,

I know Perl/Tk and some Perl. I want to create my own FTP
and or Telnet Client. Can someone please help me start this
project Thanks.

-Kiko

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RE: Perl/Tk, or CGI
by btrott (Parson) on Jun 30, 2000 at 00:50 UTC
    Well... it sounds like you've got a start, considering that you know Perl/Tk. For the telnet and FTP pieces, check out Net::Telnet and Net::FTP, which vastly simplify the work you need to do to communicate with telnet and ftp servers.
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Re: Perl/Tk
by Aighearach (Initiate) on Jun 30, 2000 at 03:01 UTC
    If you are wanting to handle all the communications yourself, check out IO::Socket.

    I'd recommend using Net::FTP if you are writting a _real_ program, but if you are just having fun then you might learn more by rolling your own. 

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      Check out TCP/IP Illustrated by Stevens. I used that and a sniffer to write a simple telnet client, (but like Aighearach said, use Net::FTP or Net::Telnet if you are doing a real program).
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Re: Perl/Tk
by csorensen (Beadle) on Jun 30, 2000 at 22:15 UTC
    there's a good little recipe (if I remember correctly) for ftp clients in the Perl Cookbook
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