Hi Guys,

I've spent certain amount of hours searching for a solution and I couldn't find it.:(
Can you guys help me? I'm sure it's a easy do and that I can't see the forrest from all the trees.

I have a perl script with which I daily download files from a remote FTP server. 
$ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Debug => 0, Passive => 1);
        $ftp->login ($username, $password);
        $ftp->binary();
        @set_of_files = $ftp->ls("*$thismonth-$thisday-$thisyear*.tar"
+);

[download]
etc.
Is it possible with $ftp->get to check if a file already exists on a local folder before downloading it from ftp?

Thank you and best regards,


Mario

In reply to Net::FTP - Check if file already exists locally before download by mitabrev

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