ftpput script: perl ?

[Peter L. Peres]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Peter L. Peres wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, I wrote a small ftp upload script in tcl (without using expect). Now
> > I'm looking for a perl equivalent. The script should be small and if
> > possible implemented natively (no imported modules). Is there such a thing
> > ?
>
>     I consider perl to be an imported module. ;)
>
>     I do it in a simple shell script:
>
> echo "binary
> put file
> mput xx.*" | ftp -i hostname
>
>     The username and password are in $HOME/.netrc.

Ok. I did not know that standard ftp can be automated like that. Now, that
I'm reading the manual page to the end (as I should have a long time ago),
I know. Thanks,

Peter

PS: Is there a Perl solution anyway ? I'd like to see how others program
sockets after having done my own version.
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