in reply to [Have solution now but am still puzzled] Why can't I give system the same command I've been giving to exec?

Another thing you can do is substitute the ftpscrpt call by your own Net::FTP-based perl script... (it's a core module!)
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Re^2: Why can't I give system the same command I've been giving to exec?
by Narveson (Chaplain) on Nov 18, 2008 at 14:56 UTC

    Sounds like fun, but not for me at work, alas. We have a mandate to use a given FTP client.