I'm trying to use NET::FTP to transfer files from a cgi script on a webserver to a ftp server for archiving. The end user will upload a PDF via the cgi script, then it will be sent to the ftp server. For beurocratic reasons these machines must be seperate, and I don't have direct control over the webserver.

The problem is that NET::FTP truncates every file I try to send this way. The file makes it intact to the webserver, but it is truncated when it arrives at the ftp server. Using standard unix ftp I have no problems, however I have not found a way to use anything other than NET::FTP in a perl script. ( scp won't work for anonymous xfers, which I need ). Ascii and binary modes have the same effect as both platforms are running *nix variants ( I've also tested it ).

The relevnant code is: 
$ftp->login('anonymous','submit@somesrvr.that.exists.edu');
$ftp->put("$prefix"."$f2");
$ftp->quit;

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where "$prefix"."$f2" expands to the local file on the webserver, as the cgi script writes the uploaded file to a temp location ( named $prefix$f2 ) then sends that to the ftp server.

Could anyone point me in the right direction? I've been grepping and hitting google/monks/perl.com/lugs.. etc. for a while now with no luck.

Thanks!
Rogan Creswick
Rogan.Creswick@orst.edu

In reply to NET::FTP truncates files by Anonymous Monk

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