Find out why it failed:

$ftp->get("$station_name.TXT", "../area/weather/$station_name.TXT") 
   or die "failed to retrieve file $station_name.TXT - $ftp->message";

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Consider turning on debugging:

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("tgftp.nws.noaa.gov", DEBUG => 1);

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Update: here's a basic working example:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::FTP;

# Log into the ftp #

my $station_name = 'EGLL.TXT';
my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("tgftp.nws.noaa.gov", DEBUG => 1);

$ftp->login("anonymous", "anonymous") 
  or die "login error - " , $ftp->message;
$ftp->cwd("data/observations/metar/stations") 
  or die "cwd failed - ", $ftp->message;
$ftp->ascii;

# N.B. I changed the destination path here:

$ftp->get("$station_name", "d:\\junk\\$station_name") 
  or die "failed to retrieve file $station_name - ", $ftp->message;
$ftp->quit;
# End ftp session #

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Update: fixed typo

In reply to Re: Perl FTP troubles by marto
in thread Perl FTP troubles by LClarke

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