thanks jarich
for the great and very competent support,
but I wrote my problems not so clearly.

the info file looks :
----------------------
AB00001 N120001
BB00002 N200023
----------------------
with info file I should get many times a day
also 2 files: AB00001 and BB00002
all files are TEXT files.
left above is the name of the first file and at the bottom left hand corner the name of the second file.

script should check if the files are complete and names on info file matches to the names of this 2 files.
only if complete, rename first file to N120001 transfer,
wait for 20 minutes, rename the second to N200023 and transfer to the different directory then the first one.
the name of the info file never changed, but names of these 2 files and names on the info file change all the time.
on info file I don't get any paths to change directory on the ftp server.
these paths are fixed:
already renamed first file N120001 should be transfered to:
$ftp->cwd("FTP/A1");
and second file N200023 to:
$ftp->cwd("FTP/B2");
this is, I think my biggest problem at the moment.

when the transfer completed should create a new subdirectory with date and time, something like: 200402241200
and put (backup) all files there, otherwise files will be overwritten each time.

this script will be scheduled every 5 minutes from cron job and waits for the files.

there are very important things:
the second file cannot be transfered without the first one
the second file must be transfered after 20 minutes after the first transfer.
these files cannot be transfered twice and should be there.

and I would like use your script, that you already posted.
if you have time to help by this script, I 'll be very happy
I know, it's a lot of changes, but I want to explain,
what should do this script on the end.

kind regards
cc

In reply to Re: Re: Problem using Net::FTP by cc
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