This script is one that runs as the root user on a HPUX 11 system. It reads the .netrc file for the user id and password, then ftp's to my Windows NT system and places some system statistic files there.
#!/opt/perl5/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Net::FTP;
use Net::Netrc;
use File::Slurp;
use Logger::Simple;

# Set the Year
my ($Day,$Month,$Year)=(localtime((time-60*60*(12+(localtime)[2]))))[3
+,4,5];
$Year+=1900;

# Declare a few variables
my $DIR="/home/mis/tstanley/Syslogs/$Year/Daily";
my $IP="100.100.100.100"; # Not my real IP address
my @Files=read_dir($DIR);
my $A=qr/SysChk\d{2}/io;
my $B=qr/emc\d{2}/o;
my $logfile="/home/mis/tstanley/bin/logfile";
my $Logger=Logger::Simple->new(LOG=>$logfile);

# Get the login info from the .netrc file
# located in /

my $NT=Net::Netrc->lookup('toms_ntw');
my $User=$NT->login;
my $Pass=$NT->password;

# Declare the FTP object
my $FTP=new Net::FTP($IP);

## Log into the NT system, and put all of the
## files from the Daily directory on to the desktop

if(! $FTP->login($User,$Pass) ){
  $Logger->write("Unable to connect to $IP");
  die;
}else{
  $Logger->write("Connected to $IP");
  $FTP->ascii();
  $FTP->cwd("C:\\Winnt\\Profiles\\toms\\Desktop");
  foreach my $file(@Files){
    my $Path="$DIR/$file";
    next if $file=~$A;
    next if $file=~$B;
    $FTP->put("$Path");
    $Logger->write("Placing $file");
  }
  $FTP->close();
}

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Read the netrc man page to see how to set up a .netrc file

TStanley
--------
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing -- Edmund Burke

In reply to Re: using Net::Netrc by TStanley
in thread using Net::Netrc by srini_veera

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