Not really.

Net::FTP supports a command called dir() which can give you a detailed list of remote entities, that clearly indicate whether the entity is a directory or a file. I tested with the following code, local win2k, remote unix (trust that you will get a similar list if remote is non-unix):

use Data::Dumper;
use Net::FTP;

$ftp = Net::FTP->new("blah", Debug => 0) or die "Cannot connect: $@"; 
+   
$ftp->login("foo",'bar') or die "Cannot login ", $ftp->message;   
my @list = $ftp->dir();
print Dumper(\@list);
$ftp->quit;

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I got something like (only a portion):

          'drwxr-xr-x   7 leinbd   aagdev       512 Oct 17 18:06 leinb
+d',
          'drwxr-xr-x  11 lois     aagdev      1024 Nov 14 14:04 lois'
+,
          'drwx------   2 root     system       512 Nov 10 15:41 lost+
+found',
          'drwxr-xr-x   2 maynec   aagdev       512 Nov 20 10:05 mayne
+c',
          'drwxr-xr-x  10 nanayn   aagdev       512 Oct 07 09:52 nanay
+n',
          'drwxr-xr-x   5 root     system       512 Nov 10 15:41 netin
+st',

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In reply to Re: Net::FTP file type and attributes by pg
in thread Net::FTP file type and attributes by fedelman

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