Dear monks

want to generate a temporary file (html) on a Windows desktop and upload it to a FTP server. I am succesfull in both single operations, but I have a problem if I combine them. This is my script:

use Net::FTP;
use File::Temp qw(tempfile);

#Creating my html in temporary file
my $temp = new File::Temp( UNLINK => 1, SUFFIX => '.html' );
open (OUT, ">$temp") || (die "Can't open $temp\n");
binmode(OUT, ":utf8");

print OUT "My file content";

close (OUT);

#uploading temporary html file to server
my ($ftp, $host, $user, $pass, $dir);

$host = "ftp.example.com";
$user = "myusername";
$pass = "hunter2";
$dir = "interpretbank.com/UserGlossary/";

$ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Debug => 0);
$ftp->login($user, $pass) || die $ftp->message;
$ftp->cwd($dir);
$ftp->put($temp) || die $ftp->message;
$ftp->quit;

print $ftp->message;

#system("start file://$temp"); #just for check, open the temporary htm
+l file in local browser

$temp->seek( 0, SEEK_END );

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Temporary file is generated fine, but when I upload it I get the following error message: Tk::Error: Must specify remote filename with stream input at $ftp->put($temp). A couple of considerations: if I run the two parts of the script (file generation and upload) separately (but preventing the temporary file to be deleted) I can upload my file. If a use system("start file://$temp"); to test the generated file, it is displayed in the Browser without problems, which should mean the temporary file is there when I try to upload it. What am I missing?

In reply to Generate temporary file and FTP upload by Anonymous Monk

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