ftpput script: perl ?

[Peter L. Peres]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 10:49:28PM +0300, 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
> > ?
>
> Why not use ncftpput from a shell or perl script?  Seems simpler than
> trying to implement something that speks the dreadful ftp protocol.

The tclsh program I wrote already speaks the 'dreadful ftp protocol',
which btw, imho, is less dreadful than other abominations, such as smtp
and pop3, and the point is of course to learn how it's done properly.

Peter
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