I need to use ftp client to get some files from the remote server.If the server is down or the file is not present, it should send an email to the administrator. I want to avoid the use of Net::FTP module. I checked a similar node on perlmonks and the code given doesn't work. My requirement is simple. As per the code below, it needs the ftp gateway. I don't have any ftp gateway...with the name of just the ftp server, I am able to connect otherwise. Can someone help me with just the ftp part(no problem with sending mail part)? 
This should work with a gateway, this is working code with some modifi
+ed names. 

my $gsRemoteMachine = "ftp.site.com";
my $gsRemoteDir     = "/";
my $gsFtpId         = "username";
my $gsFtpPwd        = "password";
my $gsGateMachine   = "gateway.site.com";     # ftp gateway
my $gsGateConnect   = "\@$gsRemoteMachine ";  # remote machine connect
+id for gateway
my $gsRemoteMachine = $gsGateMachine;     
my $gsFeedsDir      = "/mypath/";
my $gsFeedFile       = "myfile";


system("ftp -n $RemoteMachine <<EOF> $StatusFile 2>&1\n\nuser $gsFtpId
$gsGateConnect $gsFtpPwd\nverbose\n$gsFtpMode\nput $gsFeedsDir$gsFeed
File $gsRemoteDir$gsFeedFile\nclose\nbye\nEOF");

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