Hi texuser74,

I suggest to do this with File::Remote instead. It supports ssh/scp and you can then copy over existing files.

Some code:

use File::Remote;

my $remote = new File::Remote(rsh => "/usr/bin/ssh",
                  rcp => "/usr/bin/scp"
                             );
$remote->copy("/local/file", "host:/remote/file") or warn $!;
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This should get you go, I hope.

Sven