The file is huge... timing out on your machine maybe? I made 2 little modifications and it ran.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use LWP::Simple; my $x = get("ftp://144.16.71.2/pub/pdb/pdb1ax0.ent"); # Combined the my and the get if ($x eq "") { print "FTP not working"; } print "$x"; #Quoted the Var Worked for me -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ftp hi everybody, pls let me know what is wrong with this piece of code... ---------------------------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/perl use LWP::Simple; my $x = ' '; $x = get("ftp://144.16.71.2/pub/pdb/pdb1ax0.ent"); if ($x eq "") { print "FTP not working"; } print $x; ------------------------------------------------------- thanks, prats. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]