Is your remote server Unix-like or Windows based?

Assuming a Unix-like system you are not allowed to run code on, looks like File::Remote would do what you need if your file analysis requires looking at file contents. If you are only interested in file names, mod dates, etc. you should probably use a command line interaction like Net::SSH or Net::Telnet, depending on what the server supports and what runs on your machine. Worst case, Net::FTP can do everything you need, though it would require you to transfer all files over the network twice to move them (not strictly true, but true enough).

And listen to MidLifeXis - he's smarter than me.

In reply to Re^3: need to access a remote server to move the files around in a set folder there by kennethk
in thread need to access a remote server to move the files around in a set folder there by smanicka

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