I know I'm being redundant, but why doesn't this work?

$log = "log";
if ($list == 1)# one file to send
  { blah (this part works);
  }
elsif ($list == 2) # multiple files to send
  {
  foreach $file (@initList)
    {
    $command = <<eod;
ftp -nv $rem_host << eof > $log;
user $rem_user $rem_passwd
mput $ftp_source_path[$i] $ftp_dest_path[$i]
bye
eof
eod

    }
  }
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I think there's something wrong with my put notation but I don't know how to fix it. This loop won't even update the log file. argh.

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