Thanks very much for your interesting reply.

I have put the script on the server onto which I am downloading the files. Based on my undertanding of the Net:: FTP docs the new file should be created in and identical path/$filename as the original, but in fact the file is only showing up in the cgi-bin. Obviously it is my misunderstanding but I would appreciate some help in unravelling this. (Obviously having got the files onto the server I can easily shift them to where I need them and clean up afterwards, but I would prefer to get this working to my satisfaction!).

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("$home")    or die "Can't connect: 1 $@\n";
$ftp->login($username, $password)       or die "Couldn't login - 1\n";
$ftp->cwd($directory)                   or die "Couldn't change direct
+ory - 1\n";
$ftp->get($filename)                    or die "Couldn't get $filename
+ - 1\n";
$ftp->put($filename)                    or die "Couldn't put $filename
+\n";
my @lines = $ftp->ls("/data/edit");

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In reply to Re: Re: Net::ftp - copy of file in cgi-bin by jonnyfolk
in thread Net::ftp - copy of file in cgi-bin by jonnyfolk

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