Wise Monks,

I have been trying for a good hour now to figure out why this code is not working. I think it may be my ignorance of FTP coupled with my first use of Net::FTP.

The code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Net::FTP;

my ($ftp, $destination, $username, $password, $filename, $path);

$destination="genome.ucsc.edu";
$username="anonymous";
$password="me\@there.com";
$path="/goldenPath/05apr2002/chromosomes/";
$filename="chr5.zip";

$ftp = Net::FTP->new($destination, Debug => 0) || die "Couldn't connec
+t! $!\n";
$ftp->login($username,$password) || die "Couldn't log in! $!\n";
$ftp->cwd($path) || die "couldn't cwd! $!\n";
$ftp->get($filename) || die "get($filename) failed: " . $ftp->code() .
+ ": " . $ftp->message();
$ftp->quit;

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This dies with the error: 
[dswan@ashtaroth GUP]$ perl ftp.pl
get(chr5.zip) failed: 500: Illegal PORT command.

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I am assuming this has something to do with a failure to use the pasv/port options of Net::FTP - I have tried ftp->pasv() and ftp->port() (leaving blank, and specifying a port). Its not a firewall issue as I can happily use a command line client to make it work - and grab the file.

Yours, in bewilderment,

Bukowski - aka Dan (dcs@black.hole-in-the.net)
"Coffee for the mind, Pizza for the body, Sushi for the soul" -Userfriendly

Title edit by tye

In reply to Net::FTP and 'Illegal PORT command' by Bukowski

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