If security (i.e. passwords and such) is an issue for you, might I suggest looking at the alternatives?

SCP, an encrypted drop-in replacement for FTP, is a great alternative, and there is even a Net::SCP module that should allow you to keep using your current scripts, even if they currently rely on Net::FTP.

To use it, you just need to make sure your web host provides Secure Shell access instead of telnet, although my suspicion is that if they are allowing FTP they are probably allowing Telnet access too, since they both allow usernames/password combinations to be passed in plain text. Anyway, I've had enough problems with FTP on my sites that I'm starting to move away from using ftpd at all, since the majority of the servers on the web are quite swiss-cheesy.

To 'automagically' upload your file, just schedule a task using cron, to trigger your file upload script. Cron will work for task automation and scheduling, no matter if you choose to use FTP or SCP for file transfer. Good luck!

In reply to Alternatives to FTP by Dragonfly
in thread Send file via FTP by Anonymous Monk

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