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in thread trouble while ftping through Perl Script

The problem is that it is not logging in correctly. I would suggest that you use Net::FTP directly whereby you can get the error messages directly: 

  use strict;
  use Net::FTP;

  my $client = Net::FTP->new('ftp.servername.com', Debug => 1)
                or die "Cannot connect : $@\n";

  $client->cwd('/files') or die $client->message();
  $client->get('somefile.txt') or die $client->message();
  $client->quit()

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/J\

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Re: Re: Re: Re: trouble while ftping through Perl Script
by shilpam (Sexton) on Apr 29, 2004 at 12:28 UTC
    I have tried that too. I gives me an error message:
    Cannot login Login incorrect.
    I know the userid and password are correct....I've tested them directly. Just one doubt, the password contains some back slashes and $ sign. Can that be a problem? But, I am enclosing the password in quotes, so that should not be problem....???
    My code is: 
    use Net::FTP;
my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("ftp.server.com", Debug => 0) or die "Cannot c
+onnect to some.host.name: $@";
my $username = 'username';
my $password = 'pa\ss\wor$d$';
$ftp->login($username,$password) or die "Cannot login ", $ftp->message
+;

$ftp->cwd("/files") or die "Cannot change working directory ", $ftp->m
+essage;

$ftp->ls("/files") or die "get failed ", $ftp->message;

$ftp->quit;

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      my $password = 'pa\ss\wor$d$';

      Well that looks alright in the example you give, but what do you get when you print the $password as you have it in your actual code?

      /J\

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        It prints the password exactly as it is. So no problem there...
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