Re: PUTting using FTP

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Gisle Aas wrote:
> > Using the LWP library, I would like to PUT a file on a remote machine
> > via FTP. The script below correctly creates a file on the remote
> > machine, but the file is 0 bytes long. I believe the syntax I am using
> > to PUT the file is incomplete:
> 
> You need to fill the file with some content if you want it to be more
> than 0 bytes long.
>
> > # create the requeset ($r)
> > # does the following command need to know the local file name?
> > $r = new HTTP::Request 'PUT', "$u";
> 
> $r->content(scalar `cat test.txt`);  # for instance

Thank you for the prompt reply. This makes sense.

BTW, I found another library (libnet found on CPAN) that implements a
more functional FTP interface. If you are only doing FTP, then libnet
may be the way to go. If you are doing more general file retrieval
and/or file analysis, then LWP is a better choice. 

It just goes to show you that old the Perl adage is correct. "There is
more than one way to do things."

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Eric Lease Morgan
NCSU Libraries
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/

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