-----Original Message-----
From: Rupert Heesom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:42 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How well does Perl support FTPing?
Hi:
[Does Perl support FTPing with resume?]
I'm involved in the development of an application which will have modules on
several IP servers. Part of the app will be a module on several server PCs
which will transfer (FTP) files to itself from file repositories on one or
more other PCs.
I'm looking at different languages for implementing this project: PHP,
Perl, ColdFusion.
PHP is solely web based, so will probably not be suitable except for web
server interfaces (which there will be).
I know Perl has a good reputation, is portable to Linux/UNIX and Windows (we
will use Windows to start with, no immediate plans to migrate to Linux, but
the flexability would be a good idea).
Perl can also be used in a web server context, but how good is it at
handling:
XML
FTPing (with resume if possible) ??
regs
rupert
----- My Response -----
Net::FTP is the FTP module that I hear about most on this list. If resume
is a standard FTP option, then I'd guess that it would be supported somehow
and that someone on this list could tell you how to do it. I don't see it
in the perldocs (perldoc Net::FTP), but I didn't read them in much detail
since FTP is not something I'm interested in doing with perl.
As for XML, it's not clear what you want to do with XML, but yes there are
many tools for XML parsing and creation. There is even an XML list at
lists.perl.org if you want to talk to the people building the XML modules.
Hope this helps,
/\/\ark
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