Hi all,
I'm trying to use the module Net::FTP::Recursive to get an entire catalog-structure from an FTP-server.
I used the rget-script that came along with the module and it works fine, when I connect to a Unix/Linux FTP...
BUT (there's allways a but) it does NOT work when I connect to a Novell FTP-server.
So I had a look at the script and came across this line:
(se below for the entire script)

$ftp->rget( map{($_, 1)} @ARGV);
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The problem is that I can't figure out what the digit 1 does...
I think/hope/guess that the 1 refers to the digit 1 that shows that it's is a
file and not a directory when I do a dir on the Unix/Linux FTP-server.
If so I know that the Novell FTP-server has a "-" to indicate that it's a file and not a directory,
but I can't seem to get the script to work if I change the "1" to a "-".
I havde read the Map: The Basicsand the Complex Sorting
but neither of them has made me see the light ;-)
They talk about BLOCK's but ($_, 1) has me somewhat confused...

So now I hope that someone in the Monastary has the time to shed some light on my problem...

TIA
k2

----------------> CODE <----------------
#!/usr/bin/perl

use Net::FTP::Recursive;

####################################################################
# will assume just a few args, as well as validity.
####################################################################

usage() unless @ARGV >= 5;

$host = shift;
$username = shift;
$passwd = shift;
$remote_path = shift; #where to grab from
$local_path = shift; #where to put dir structure on local box.

chdir $local_path or die "could not change dir to $local_path!";

$ftp = Net::FTP::Recursive->new($host, Debug => 1);

$ftp->login($username, $passwd) or die "Could not log in!";
$ftp->binary();

$ftp->cwd($remote_path);

$ftp->rget( map{($_, 1)} @ARGV);

$ftp->quit;

sub usage {
  my($name) = $0;
  $name =~ s#.*/##;

  print STDERR "Usage: $name <host> <username> <passwd> <remote_path> 
+<local_path>\n";
  exit;
}
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