Net::FTP and Microsoft FTP Service

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

I am writing a script that uses Net::FTP to grab a file from a Win32 client. Everything works up to the point where it transfers the file. I tried the same script on a linux client and it worked. I'm not sure what the problem is. I am posting the ftp section of the script and the debug output.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

my $host = "192.168.10.155";
my $file_name  = "/home/testuser/filestore/WWWMSEXP.TXT";
my $dir = "mail";
my $getname ="WWWMSEXP.TXT";
my $username = "testuser";
my $password = "secret";

use Net::FTP;

$ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Timeout =>40, Debug =>1) or die "can't con
+nect to host";

$ftp->login($username,$password) or die "can't log in to host";

$ftp->cwd($dir) or die "can't change directory";

$ftp->ascii();

$ftp->get($getname,$file_name) or die "can't get file";

$ftp->quit();
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The debug:

Net::FTP: Net::FTP(2.64)
Net::FTP:   Exporter(5.562)
Net::FTP:   Net::Cmd(2.21)
Net::FTP:   IO::Socket::INET(1.25)
Net::FTP:     IO::Socket(1.26)
Net::FTP:       IO::Handle(1.21)

Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)<<< 220 Microsoft FTP Service
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)>>> user testuser
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)<<< 331 Password required for testuser.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)>>> PASS ....
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)<<< 230 User testuser logged in.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)>>> CWD mail
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)<<< 250 CWD command successful.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)>>> TYPE A
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)<<< 200 Type set to A.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)>>> PORT 192,168,10,221,9,213
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)<<< 200 PORT command successful.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)>>> RETR WWWMSEXP.TXT
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x819dea4)<<< 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for
+ WWWMSEXP.TXT(3180636 bytes).
can't get file at ./mtest.pl line 18.
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The file IS there and I can manually ftp to this client and get it.

Somebody hit me with a clue stick!

Thanks

Mike

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Re: Net::FTP and Microsoft FTP Service by defyance (Curate) on Mar 26, 2003 at 00:31 UTC
Wow, everything looks correct to me, lets throw one more option into your debug. Your remote machine is a Win machine, from the looks of things, so after a `cwd()`, why not run `$ftp->dir();` and look at the results in the debug. I'd do this just to make sure the file is visable to your program. Testing like that may help you track down the problem. Hope this helps a little. -- Can't never could do anything, so give me and inch, I'll make it a mile.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Net::FTP and Microsoft FTP Service by Thelonius (Priest) on Mar 26, 2003 at 01:02 UTC
Instead of just dying, you should see what error ftp reports: $ftp->code(), $ftp->message() and, for good measure, $!.	[reply]
Re: Re: Net::FTP and Microsoft FTP Service by brewmaker (Novice) on Mar 26, 2003 at 21:07 UTC
The error message produced by $! was "Bad file descriptor" which didn't help a great deal. I also bumped up the debug level in Net::FTP but didn't see anything new. I've had enough for now and decided to use wget because it works and I'm only grabbing the one file. I would like to try this again later when I have more time. Thanks to all who replied. -Mike	[reply]
Re: Net::FTP and Microsoft FTP Service by rah (Monk) on Mar 26, 2003 at 02:04 UTC
Here's a possibility, and a way you might test. Are you sure you have enough permissions in the destination directory to create the file, i.e. the dir where you're running the script from? Is it posible when you tested manually you were in a different dir - one where you had write permissions? Crank debug up to 2 or 3 to capture more info.	[reply]
Re: Net::FTP and Microsoft FTP Service by thunders (Priest) on Mar 26, 2003 at 01:21 UTC
I'm wondering if the problem is the path to your local file: "/home/testuser/filestore/WWWMSEXP.TXT" That looks like a unix path, Unless you have your windows computer set up with that kind of directory path, you will have issues. You will probably get a better picture of the exact error if you add the $! symbol to your die message, like so: `$ftp->get($getname,$file_name) or die "can't get file: $!";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]