Thanks for the reply so far

What I am trying to do is to automate the patch upgard/install process on our LINUX servers. The manual process would've been done by logging in (root user and password) to this particular Linux server using a putty session, getting a directory listing, then creating a directory in /temp, copying a .tar file from my local windows PC to this folder, extracting it and then running the setup program...Simple

However I have started with this 2 codes - for which both didn't work!! 
#! c:/perl/bin/perl.exe
use strict;
use warnings;

use Net::FTP;

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("149.149.149.149", Debug => 0) || die "Cannot 
+connect $@\n";

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The error i got back was:
C:\Scripts>ESX_conn2.pl Cannot connect Net::FTP: connect: Unknown error

and then I tried 
#! c:/perl/bin/perl.exe
use strict;
use warnings;

use IO::Socket;

my $Sock = IO::Socket::INET->new('149.149.149.149',80) or die "Cannot 
+connect $@\n";

$Sock->read(my $data, 1024) until $Sock->atmark;

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I got this error 
C:\Scripts>ESX_conn.pl
Cannot connect IO::Socket::INET: Cannot determine remote port

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I would be greatfull for an example code where a connection is made to a Linux machine (either using IP address or host name) from a windows XP box!

Utmost Regards

Blackadder

In reply to Re^2: How can I connect to a Linux Machine from a Windows Box by blackadder
in thread How can I connect to a Linux Machine from a Windows Box by blackadder

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