Net::FTP is actually part of the libnet distribution. The module is actually pretty solid, except that you have to check the return codes after every call. (I'm not a real fan of that style of code.) This is done by calling $ftp->ok() after every other $ftp call. The actual message is in two parts, code() and message(). So you end up doing: 
use strict;
use Net::FTP;

my $ftpSite = "ftp.somesite.net";
my $username = "...";
my $password = "...";

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new( $ftpSite ) 
    or die "No connect to '$ftpSite' : $@";
$ftp->login( $username, $password );
die $ftp->code(), ": ", $ftp->message() unless $ftp->ok();

# and so on...

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I usually write a status method that retrieves and prints the status messages regardless of any errors, and then hiccups when not $ftp->ok(). So my code reads $ftp->func(); check( $ftp ); over and over again. But the end result is well worth it.

I hope that helps.

In reply to Re: net::ftp please by Adam
in thread net::ftp please by Anonymous Monk

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