sub get_ftp_object{ use strict; use Net::SFTP::Foreign; use 5.01; my $sub_hash = "my_sftp"; my $domain = $config{$sub_hash}->{'domain'}; my $username = $config{$sub_hash}->{'username'}; my $password = $config{$sub_hash}->{'password'}; my $port = 22; #dial up the server say "values are $domain $username $password"; my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new( $domain, user => $username, port => $port, password => $password) or die "Can't connect: $!\n"; return $sftp; }