Kinda shocked that no-one replied to this post. Here is a couple of thoughts. First, take a pill on the stress. Life is too difficult to let something like this cause heart problems ;)

My second thought is that you may be dealing with a different type of ftp service that on the remote end than expected. There are definately compatibility issues between vendors. Just doing a manual ftp can show you these.

Third, the carp is a warning and usually resulted from an unexpected error. The script obvioulsy finished with the data you needed by your comments. So, if you are getting the data you want, grab the remote control for an hour or two.. Have fun,