I am really, really new to Perl. I have been writing a script the processes a batch of web orders (sequential files) and reformats them to be transfered (FTP) to another system. My problem is, I can't seem to write decent code to do the job. I researched and found that NET::FTP is a good way to get it done but it is not installed on the server my script is running on nor can I ever get it installed. So, I have this snippet of code that supposedly would work with NET::FTP. It is supposed to read through a directory and transfer all of the files located there ( the only files will be the ones that I previously processed ) to a specific server; then deleting the processed files. Are there any Perl geniuses out there that can re-write my psuedo Perl using NET::FTP into code that just uses standard Perl components? Also, If anybody could catch any errors in my code snippet I would be very appreciative ( I obviously can't test it ).

Now, the majority of my script works and the reformatted files are placed into a directory ( lets call it /output ). This code snippet is the last, untested, part that uses NET:FTP to transfer the files out of that directory. 

# read through the directory containing all of the formatted
# .ord files processed above and ftp them to SAP. delete the
# files when after they have been transfered.

use NET::FTP;
my $hostname='secret.server.mycompany.com;
my $user='anonymous';
my $password='anonymous';
my $ftp=Net::FTP -> new($hostname);
ftp->login($username,$password);
$ftp->ascii;

chdir( "output/$dir" );
opendir( DIR, "output/$dir" );
@files = readdir( DIR );

# transfer all of the output files
# in the output directory to SAP.

foreach( @files ) { 
   $filehandle = $_;          
   $ftp->put("output/$filehandle");   
   unlink( "$filehandle" );

} # end foreach

$ftp->quit;

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Please remember that I am only a student and am still trying to learn. I know there are probably a gazillion better ways to do everything I have written and I would be glad to learn them all. Thanks for the help :)

In reply to Alternative to NET::FTP by aedificum

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