Hi, I'm fairly new to Perl and Unix servers. Having searched the various post here regarding Net::FTP, I found that most involved the client already knowing the exact names and directories of the files they were trying to transfer.

What I need it the ability to move an entire website with its' directory struture and file locations intact from one server to another. Since the site is large, I would like to simply supply the root directory of the oldsite (i.e. 'home/hostingISP/oldwebsite/') and the new root directory (i.e. 'home/betterISP/transferedsite/'') and have the program take care of everything from that point.

This seems like such an simply procedure, but I'm not clear on how to read the directories and recurse through them and at the same time rebuild the structure on the client.

If I'm reinventing the wheel here, please point me to the ready made tires. P.S. while the new server has the Net::FTP module installed, it does not allow ftp from the shell. Thus I can't simply do this from the command line.
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Filmo the Klown

In reply to Using Net::FTP to recurse directories and retreive files by filmo

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