in reply to convert files unix2dos using perl script

Well, the ascii() method is supposed to enable line ending translation between differing clients and servers. You should try a manual ftp to see whether or not it works that way. If it doesn't, here's some code to do it yourself in place: 
open TR, "unix2dos $File |" or die $!; # Or FQ path
$ftp->binary(); # We translate, not the server.
$ftp->put(TR,$File); # must give remote name.

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Re^2: convert files unix2dos using perl script
by cc (Beadle) on Jun 21, 2004 at 09:26 UTC
    thanks,but I get ERROR:
    "Bareword "TR" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at test.cgi line 28.
    Execution of test.cgi aborted due to compilation errors."

    on this line:
    $ftp->put(TR,$File); # must give remote name.

    any idea what could be wrong ?
    greetings
    cc
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      Perl doesn't know you mean to pass a filehandle to that method, so it passes the bareword "TR" instead. You could try to pass \*TR instead. 
      $ftp->put(\*TR,$File);

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      Better yet, for a recent enough perl, use a lexical variable to hold the filehandle. It'll look cleaner. 
      open my($tr), "unix2dos $File |" or die $!; # Or FQ path
$ftp->binary(); # We translate, not the server.
$ftp->put($tr,$File); # must give remote name.

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      But, IMO, it's overkill to call an external program to handle this little task. Perl will convert line endings for you, when reading from a handle in text mode. Internally, on Windows, text data is Unix text data. So, all you need to do is open the file. 

      open my($fh), $File or die $!;
$ftp->binary(); # We translate, not the server.
$ftp->put($fh,$File); # must give remote name.

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      p.s. I really wonder why just transferring data in Ascii mode won't work. Are you sure you don't accidently have double carriage returns in your files?

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        If I try
        $ftp->put(\*TR,$File);

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        220 ttn208 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)>>> user anonymous
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)<<< 331 Password required for anonymous.
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)>>> PASS ....
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)<<< 230 User anonymous logged in.
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)>>> CWD /IN
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)<<< 250 CWD command successful.
        unix2dos: converting file /home/transferfile to DOS format ...
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)>>> TYPE I
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)<<< 200 Type set to I.
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)>>> PORT X,X,X,X,128,156
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)<<< 200 PORT command successful.
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)>>> STOR /home/transferfile
        Net::FTP=GLOB(0x834a938)<<< 550 /home/transferfile: The system cannot find the path specified.

        open my($tr), "unix2dos $File |" or die $!; # Or FQ path
$ftp->binary(); # We translate, not the server.
$ftp->put($tr,$File); # must give remote name.

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        ...............................................................................
        550 /home/transferfile: The system cannot find the path specified.

        open my($fh), $File or die $!;
$ftp->binary(); # We translate, not the server.
$ftp->put($fh,$File); # must give remote name.

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        ...............................................................................
        550 /home/transferfile: The system cannot find the path specified. -bash: 550: command not found

        and I don't get any transfer, but the path to the file is correct.
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