Simple command line FTP

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

Hi monkss.

I know there are modules out there for FTP, namely Net::FTP, but modules are frowned upon in my environment. All I want to do is log into a local FTP on our network with my credentials, load one directory, and download everything in that one directory (they are all the same kind of file). Essentially that's it. It doesn't have to do anything fancy.

Is there an easy pure-perl way to do this?

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

system("ftp TEMPERED");
system("username");
system("password");
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Re: Simple command line FTP by rovf (Priest) on May 27, 2009 at 15:00 UTC
This restriction applies also to standard modules??? Well, if you really want to drive your ftp, it depends on what ftp client you are using. For instance, some ftp clients make use of `.netrc`, so you could create such a file (see for instance http://www.mavetju.org/unix/netrc.php) and then use `system` to execute it. -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Simple command line FTP by Anonymous Monk on May 27, 2009 at 14:03 UTC
Use Net::FTP, because Yes, even you can use CPAN	[reply]
Re^2: Simple command line FTP by rovf (Priest) on May 27, 2009 at 14:53 UTC
No need to revert to CPAN here, unless you have a very old Perl: At least in 5.8, Net::FTP comes bundled with Perl, so it kind of is part of Perl. -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Simple command line FTP by toolic (Bishop) on May 27, 2009 at 17:01 UTC
And here's the link to prove it is a Core module: Net::FTP	[reply]
Re^4: Simple command line FTP by Anonymous Monk on May 28, 2009 at 04:57 UTC
Re: Simple command line FTP by arc_of_descent (Hermit) on May 27, 2009 at 15:57 UTC
Why pure-perl? There are other tools available which are more suited for interactive command applications, like Expect. It most probably is already available in your environment.	[reply]