Re: Use Net::FTP to get a file and parse it without saving the file locally

[runrig]

You can use IO::Scalar and pass Net::FTP the filehandle, or use IO::File's new_tmpfile() to create a file handle and pass it to Net::FTP. Update: I looked at the link in AnonyMonk's reply, then I looked at the code. With a little patching, there doesn't seem to be any real need to use fileno, unless Mr. Barr knows of a good reason not to go this route (I don't have anything to test on at the moment, so it'll have to wait if I try to do it) :-)
Update: I think princepawn has a better idea anyway :)

[Anonymous Monk]

You can use IO::Scalar and pass Net::FTP the filehandle

Probably not. Net::FTP uses fileno to get the file descriptor for the passed filehandle and an IO::Scalar won't have a file descriptor. More detail here