The HTTP protocol cannot move or write files. Your idea cannot work. You need to have access to the file system of the target machine.

Maybe you can use UNC names like this:

my $machine = 'wwwdev';
my $sharename = 'wwwshare';
my $source = "\\\\$machine\\$sharename\\source\\directory\\filename.tx
+t";
my $target = "\\\\$machine\\$sharename\\target\\directory\\new_filenam
+e.txt";
rename $source, $target
    or die "Couldn't move '$source' to '$target' : $!";

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In reply to Re^3: Can I use Perl to move an entire HTML file on a different server? by Corion
in thread Can I use Perl to move an entire HTML file on a different server? by kjg

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