I believe .netrc should be 0600 (read and write by owner), not 0400 (read only). At least it is so in my docs.

Since the script hangs at the point it is accessing the netrc file I can do no further error checking.
.. this might not be a correct assumption..

Is that a far-reaching enough sample of your actual script -- the host lookup method by itself doesn't really "do" anything. However if you do (attempt) an actual ftp login you would get the hang/lockup if for any reason the ftp data connection cannot be built, for firewall rules or whatever reason.. just a thought. The default timeout is probably like 60 seconds.. a veritable eternity..



In reply to Re^3: Problem using Net::Netrc and Tie::File by hsinclai
in thread Problem using Net::Netrc and Tie::File by sweetblood

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