Hi Confrere, I have a problem with the module Net::Ftp. I want to see the files on a FTP server. I can connect to servers but I do not get the listing of files within a dir. 
use Net::FTP; 
my $FtpHost = "ftp.ncbi.nih.gov";
my ($ftp, $user, $password);

# the destination directory
my $NewCwd = "/genomes/Bacteria";
# listing of the directories, and sorted listing
my (@DirList, @sorted);

print "Logging in to $FtpHost.\n";
print "Logging in now.\n";

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new($FtpHost); 
    
$user = "anonymous";
$password = "murcia\@home.de";

if( $ftp->login($user, $password) != 1 ){
  die "Can't login to $FtpHost\n";
}

print "Logged in.\n";
print "Logged in to $FtpHost.\n";

# the present working directory
my $Pwd;
# get the current working directory
if ( ($Pwd = $ftp->pwd) eq "" ) {
  die "Can't get current directory\n";
} else {
  print "pwd = $Pwd\n";
}

    # changing pwd to $NewCwd and then log it
$ftp->cwd($NewCwd) || die "Can't cwd to $NewCwd\n";
$Pwd = $ftp->pwd;
print "cd $NewCwd\n";
print "pwd = $Pwd\n";

 
# Returns a reference to a list of contents of the directory
print "Retrieving entries in $Pwd\n";
if ((@DirList = $ftp->ls("*")) eq "") {
  die "Nothing found in the directory $NewCwd\n";
}
print "@DirList\n";

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STDOUT: 
Logging in to ftp.ncbi.nih.gov.
Logging in now.
Logged in.
Logged in to ftp.ncbi.nih.gov.
pwd = /
cd /genomes/Bacteria
pwd = /genomes/Bacteria
Retrieving entries in /genomes/Bacteria

EOF

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I tested this script on different computers with Linux OS with different perl versions (5.8.x).

$ftp->dir() does give also no results ...

And I tested different server e.g "ftp.suse.com"
Any hints?
Murcia

In reply to Net::ftp listing problem by Murcia

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