If you decide to go by the Net::FTP method here are somethings that might help you.

• You can parse the output of the 'dir' command using File::Listing.
• You can choose to use Net::FTP:Common and make your life easier.

And as Abigail-II says 'you might be able to get this information if your FTP server decides so'

-T

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