I am just a new apprentice, and need some advise.

I was pretty heavy into Perl in Unix a few years ago, and finally have the chance to do some real Perl programming again. Problem is that it is on Win2k, using ActivePerl. This has never been a problem until today.

I up/download files to clients daily through scripts I created using Net::FTP, but I have a new client who insists that we connect using Secure FTP. ( I have to have 128bit DES encryption) I have looked at Net::SFTP, but I can not satisfy the dependencies with ActivePerl. A lot of the modules needed are not ported with the needed versions. I've tried installing CPAN and running through the Makefile install, but I can't get anywhere. (A common gripe I've read in these postings)

I've found the list of needed modules on this site, but I have not been able to find ports of these modules for ActivePerl. Can I download all of them from CPAN and install manually? I've tried this for a few and was not successful. I've seen some of them depend on Unix libraries so I don't think I can install them. I'm not totally sure if the problem is that I can not install them, or if I just am not doing it right. I have nMake, but I'm not sure what compiler is required/used.

Moving to a Linux/Unix box is not really an option, getting the client to use something other than Secure FTP is not an option. I have to have some way to automate these transfers.

Any help for one seeking enlightenment?

In reply to ActivePerl - Secure FTP - Net::SFTP? by rusacarr

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