uploading a file to an FTP site

Apterigo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: uploading a file to an FTP site by TrinityInfinity (Scribe) on Mar 22, 2001 at 02:10 UTC
There's a module that may work for you called Net::FTP. Hope it's what you're looking for...	[reply]
Re: uploading a file to an FTP site by wardk (Deacon) on Mar 22, 2001 at 03:48 UTC
Here is a thread on FTPing, there is info on doing it with and without a module...and then with Net::FTP Improving an FTP process this also addresses it... How do I FTP a file from my program?	[reply]
Re: uploading a file to an FTP site by sierrathedog04 (Hermit) on Mar 22, 2001 at 04:38 UTC
My interpretation of Apterigo's problem is that he does not need to use ftp. He could simply use the file upload feature of CGI.pm which is built into modern versions of Perl. This type of file upload uses http, not ftp. Once the file is uploaded his form handler can test to see if the uploaded file is binary, move it based on the file type, and so on. The CGI.pm documentation provides the following example of how to move an uploaded file: `# Copy a binary file to somewhere safe open (OUTFILE,">>/usr/local/web/users/feedback"); while ($bytesread=read($filename,$buffer,1024)) { print OUTFILE $buffer; }` [download] I have never used Net::FTP, but I suspect its use would be overkill in a case where ftp is not required.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: uploading a file to an FTP site by dvergin (Monsignor) on Mar 22, 2001 at 05:14 UTC
Hey, sierrathedog04, nice take on using an easily-missed feature of CGI.pm. On the other hand, if the program is not already using CGI.pm, using it just for this introduces more overhead than necessary for a simple task. In that case, I'd use Net::FTP.	[reply]