Seems such a shame to have to call perl from the command line or (last
resort), run FTP using the shell.
Your explanation makes sense. What a pain!
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> ------------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 12:29:06 -0800 (PST), Jeff Westman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I need help!
> >
> > I am connecting to a remote server using Net::Telnet. I am then running
> some
> > programs, which works fine. Now I need to send the results back to the
> local
> > server that established the connection.
> >
> > #----- start
> > $t = new Net::Telnet (Input_Log => "__debug_log" );
> > ...
> > print "Attempting FTP from $store to $local\n";
> > @result = $t->cmd( $ftp = Net::FTP->new($local) );
> > #----- end
> >
> > When this completes, it executes the following on the remote server:
> >
> > $ Net::FTP=GLOB(0x4027a304)
> > ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected
> > $
> >
> > Maybe I am doing this wrong, but I am attempting to create an ftp object
> in
> > the middle of a telnet call.
> >
>
> Ah the "beauty" of a client/server environment. The parameter you pass to
> the 'cmd' of the Telnet object is a program (command line) to run in the
> shell of the external connection. So you are telling it to run the command
> Net::FTP=GLOB, etc. which is not a command. So to FTP from the remote
> location either you have to call an ftp client on the remote location on
> the command line, or you could do something really hokey like calling perl
> with the -e operator and passing all of your code over to the perl as a one
> liner, this naturally requires Perl to be installed on the remote location.
> Essentially all of this is VERY ugly and a pain in the butt, but it can be
> done. In fact we are doing this over an SSH connection, but it ain't pretty
> let me tell ya (and I didn't write it).
>
> http://danconia.org
>
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