Hi Monks..

I was wandering if you would be able to help me with a Perl Problem. I am writing a script that needs to FTP large files from my server to remote FTP servers and be evoked from a web browser

The problem is that some of these transfers take about 10 minutes to transfer. I have managed to use the NET:FTP module to complete the transfer, however I would like to be able to return the status of the transfer to the screen so the user can see a % complete and also an estimated time remaining. This will stop users refreshing the page or navigating away causing the transfer to fail.

I have seen that this can be done (I think it was in the Webmin Application on Linux when installing Perl Moduled) but I cant find any documents or reference to how it is done..

I am guessing I need to monitor the bytes the Net::FTP module has sent to the remote host and every few seconds process the result to work out times etc…. but how can I check how much data has been sent while the transfer is in progress?????

Hope this makes sense!

Al

In reply to FTP Transfer Status by allyc

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