Okay, so let's add to the error checking. First, I'd do this: 

$ftp->login($u, $p) or die "Failed to login: $!\n";

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and I'd add this to catch any dir errors: 
my $lines = $ftp->dir("/");
die "Can't get directory listing: $!\n" if (!defined($lines));
print join("\n", @$lines), "\n";

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Also, it may help to set Net::FTP's Debug level to see what's going on, like this: 

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Debug => 5);

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You know there's something in the top level directory? I still wouldn't use '/' since most ftp servers will try to get you a list from the root directory on the box which may fail due to permissions. Add this code to see where you are after you log in: 
print "Current directory is ", $ftp->pwd(), "\n";

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In reply to Re: Net::FTP Woes by steves
in thread Net::FTP Woes by chaoticset

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