Hi, I've been busy with things other than software for the past couple of days.

I don't know what OS you have, but fork() on Windows is a mess! This doesn't work like on *NIX and is not transportable code.

I would suggest getting this working from the command line first. "prompt> ftp -h" will display some not so helpful "help". Other ways: most browsers(IE,Firefox, etc) allow FTP://..someurl.. Also, I use WinSCP (a Windows program) for a lot of transfers to secure sites. This is freeware.

Maybe you don't even need a Perl program at all?