Hello to all you Perl-lovers, Can anyone tell me how to download a file using IO::Socket from a FTP-server?? What do I have to change in the following code (which is used for HTTP-connections) to make it work with a FTP-server ???
TIA ! Jorn ############################################################################# $port = 80; $remote = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto=>"tcp", PeerAddr=>$server, PeerPort=>"80", Reuse=>1) or die "Can't connect to \"$server\"\n"; # set buffering off $remote->autoflush(1); # the request text $tosend = "GET $document HTTP/1.0\n"; $tosend .= "Host: $server\n\n"; $ltosend = length($tosend); # try to write $nwritten = syswrite($remote, $tosend, $ltosend); # if not everthing was send die if ($nwritten < $ltosend) { die "error: couldn't send all data to server. aborting\n" } # receive everything the server sends, and print it to a file open(FILE, ">$filename"); binmode(FILE); # First chunk of data consists of HTTP-headers --> lose them ! $nread = sysread($remote, $inp, 1024); $inp =~s/^(.*?)\r\n\r\n//sm; print FILE $inp; do { # try to read $nread = sysread($remote, $inp, 1024); # print written stuff print FILE $inp; # end reading if nothing was read } while ($nread > 0); close $remote; close(FILE) print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "All done"; ############################################################################# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (including its group companies) shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (or its group companies) does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs