Using Net::FTP need to get latest file from the directory ?

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

Hi monks,

I am using Net::FTP module to get a file from ftp in one of my directory. I want to get the latest file from directory. Is there any option like we have $ftp->ls() ?

Thanks

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Re: Using Net::FTP need to get latest file from the directory ? by Lawliet (Curate) on Mar 10, 2009 at 22:19 UTC
Huh? Are you asking if there are methods like `ls([ DIR ])` and `dir([ DIR])` (both found in the documentation for Net::FTP). Or are you asking if there is a method that specifically gets the "latest" file? If the latter option, the question "what do you mean by latest?" comes to mind. Assuming you mean file that was most recently changed, you can use `mdtm( FILE )` to find the modification time for the file in question. That being said, care to elaborate? Will regular Perl file checks not work? And you didn't even know bears could type.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Using Net::FTP need to get latest file from the directory ? by gube (Parson) on Mar 11, 2009 at 03:10 UTC
Thanks for your reply. Yes i want the latest modification file. I meant ls -rt in linux will show the first file as latest file i need the same to be collected from FTP. Gubs	[reply]
Re^2: Using Net::FTP need to get latest file from the directory ? by ig (Vicar) on Mar 11, 2009 at 08:49 UTC
You can use the ls or dir method to get a list of the files in the directory, then use the mdtm method on each file to get its modification time and select the file with the latest modifiction time.	[reply]