Hi Daniel,
assuming you're not worried about the ftp failing, you could do
something line:
open(FTP,"|ftp -ivn")|| die can't fork ftp: $!\n;
print FTP "open ftp.me.com\n";
print FTP "user me mypassword\n";
print FTP "put myfile\n";
print FTP "get theirfile\n";
print FTP "bye\n";
close(FTP);
Hope it helps,
I also think there are some FTP perl modules, which would let you do it
directly. Have a look on CPAN.
Gary
On Wednesday 02 May 2001 6:19 am, Daniel Choong wrote:
> okie, this probably sounds very simple but i dunno how
> to do it. i just learnt perl. i need some tips on how
> to use a perl script to automate the updating of files
> on multiple servers. i am trying to use ftp but i do
> not know how to write the script to read the output
> from ftp, then send the username and passwd, then
> detect the prompt and send the commands. i suppose
> there's a simple way to do that but i am lost.
> anyone knows how to do that? i tried using IPC::Open2
> but i dunno how to use it properly.
> daniel
>
>
>
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