in reply to copy a file from ftp to clients hard drive

A shot in the dark, but I would try replacing the double quotes in:
my $File = Net::FTP->new("ftp.26.190.158.98")
with single quotes:
my $File = Net::FTP->new('ftp.26.190.158.98')
Update: Duely noted, thanks.

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Re^2: copy a file from ftp to clients hard drive
by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 13, 2005 at 16:54 UTC

    "." is not an operator inside either types of quotes. Your two snippets are identical.

    The problem is that "ftp.26.190.158.98" is not a valid IP address or domain name. "26.190.158.98" (without the leading "ftp.") would be a valid IP address, and possibly what the OP needs to use.