NET::ftp mkdir succeeds but then dies with 501?

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

Hi, I'm enjoying creating my own XHTML FTP app using NET::ftp on the server..

So far I can rename, delete and upload fine, but the trivial task of creating a new directory isn't behaving as I'd expect.

my $i2 = "/httpdocs/this_folder";
my $i3 = "new_folder";

$ftp->cwd($i2) or die "change to directory $i2: ".$ftp->message." - ".
+$ftp->code;
$ftp->mkdir($i3) or die "make new directory $i3: $ftp->message." - ".$
+ftp->code;
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This does create the directory /httpdocs/this_folder/new_folder, as it should, but then dies returning

"make new directory : Invalid number of arguments. - 501 at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CGI/Carp.pm line 314"
instead of the new directory name..

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
rjc

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Re: NET::ftp mkdir succeeds but then dies with 501? by Anonymous Monk on May 07, 2009 at 22:39 UTC
Do you mean Net::FTP(module names are case sensitive)? Try increasing Debug level so you can see more. Maybe its permissions, does it work from regular FTP client?	[reply]
Re^2: NET::ftp mkdir succeeds but then dies with 501? by Anonymous Monk on May 07, 2009 at 23:19 UTC
Hi Yes, the NET::FTP module mkdir works from regular FTP and the permissions are standard - it's another one of our own servers The current settings producing that error message are Debug => 3,Passive => 1 rjc	[reply]
Re: NET::ftp mkdir succeeds but then dies with 501? by philipbailey (Curate) on May 08, 2009 at 08:33 UTC
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Re^2: NET::ftp mkdir succeeds but then dies with 501? by rjc_thatsthat (Initiate) on Mar 01, 2010 at 15:10 UTC
Just to update - I had to revisit this block of code recently with slightly more experience. Wrapping the code in an eval and viewing the resulting $@ revealed that the mkdir was in fact firing twice in immediate succession, producing the 501 error on the second attempt. `$ftp->cwd($i2) or die "change directory $i2: ".$ftp->message." / ".$ft +p->code; my @nfiles = $ftp->dir; if(grep {$_ eq $i3} @nfiles){ die "make $i3: already exists"; } else { $ftp->mkdir($i3) or die "make directory ".$ftp->code; }` [download] Although still not obvious to me exactly where, it looks like code elsewhere was looping over the mkdir without being caught, so I rewrote, removing the eval/dies, which seems to behave as expected. `push @errs,"cannot change directory from $ftp->pwd to i2: $ftp->messag +e" unless $ftp->cwd($i2); my @nfiles = $ftp->dir; push @errs,"cannot list directory $ftp->pwd: $ftp->message" unless @nf +iles; push @errs,"directory $n2 already exists in $ftp->pwd: $ftp->message" +if grep {$_ eq $n2} @nfiles; push @errs,"cannot make directory $n2 in $ftp->pwd: $ftp->message $ftp +->code" unless $ftp->mkdir($n2); $ftp->quit; if(@errs){ print join "<br />",@errs; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]