I have written an application a cut down version of which apears here: 

use strict;
use Net::FTP;

my $server = 'localhost';
my $user = 'user';
my $password = 'pw';
my $targetdir = '.';

my $ftp_file = '../flange';

print("Sending ftp file: ".$ftp_file);

my $ftp_session = Net::FTP->new($server, Debug => 1) or die "No ftp co
+nnection could be established";

$ftp_session->login($user, $password);
$ftp_session->cwd($targetdir);
$ftp_session->type("a");
$ftp_session->put($ftp_file);
$ftp_session->quit();

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The op of this script ends up printing

Can't locate object method "new" via package "Net::FTP::a"
at /home/sjames5//lib/perl5/5.6.0/sun4-solaris/IO/Socket.pm line 162.

I have looked around pm and located other similar problems all of which pertain to old versions of modules. I took a look for a later version of socket.pm and found that the latest version was bundled with my version of perl. 
$ perl -v
 
This is perl, v5.6.0 built for sun4-solaris
I would REALLY apreciate any help with this problem.

Thanks
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Zigster

In reply to Problem with new failing within Net::FTP by zigster

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