Hello Monks,

I am writing a seismology remote seismograph station event data retrieval program. Big and long but trivial really. I use net::ftp. My problem is that occasionally one of the FTP's to one of the stations the transfer hangs up. (Lousy connections here in Panama) I get one of two results. One is that program just sits there and the other is that the net::ftp module times out sends a time out error message and tosses me out to the operating system. Both outcomes are lousy.

I need to recover from a failed FTP transfer in an orderly way. for instance:

$test = $ftp->get($remote_file,$local_file);

Works fine if the transfer was ok or if the transfer was damaged. In one case it return the name of the file retrieved and in the other returns false.

If the transfer hangs nothing happens and if it times out in one of the net::ftp pm's it tosses me out into the OS.

Am I using Net::FTP wrong?

Is there a way to trap the Net::FTP error message before find myself in the operating system so that I can act on it.

Is there a way to make my own timeout function?

Any other suggestions?

I have read the Net::ftp docs and understand them the best I can.

> Happy New year,

Angel Rodriguez, headline@volcanbaru.com

In reply to Net::FTP problems by panaman

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