Simple command line FTP

[Anonymous Monk]

Hi monkss.

I know there are modules out there for FTP, namely Net::FTP, but modules are frowned upon in my environment. All I want to do is log into a local FTP on our network with my credentials, load one directory, and download everything in that one directory (they are all the same kind of file). Essentially that's it. It doesn't have to do anything fancy.

Is there an easy pure-perl way to do this?

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

system("ftp TEMPERED");
system("username");
system("password");

[rovf]

This restriction applies also to standard modules??? Well, if you really want to drive your ftp, it depends on what ftp client you are using. For instance, some ftp clients make use of .netrc, so you could create such a file (see for instance http://www.mavetju.org/unix/netrc.php) and then use system to execute it.

[Anonymous Monk]

Use Net::FTP, because Yes, even you can use CPAN

[rovf]

No need to revert to CPAN here, unless you have a very old Perl: At least in 5.8, Net::FTP comes bundled with Perl, so it kind of *is* part of Perl.

[toolic]

And here's the link to prove it is a Core module: Net::FTP

[arc_of_descent]

Why pure-perl? There are other tools available which are more suited for interactive command applications, like Expect. It most probably is already available in your environment.