#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; use Net::FTP; my $hostname = 'mirror.anl.gov'; my $username = 'anonymous'; my $password = 'username@domain.com'; # Hardcode the directory and filename to get my $home = '/pub'; my $filename = 'motd'; # Hardcode the local directory my $localdir = '/home/boy/'; # Open the connection to the host my $ftp = Net::FTP->new($hostname) or die "Cannot connect to $hostname: $@"; # Construct object $ftp->login($username, $password) or die "Cannot login ", $ftp->message;; # Log in $ftp->cwd($home) or die "Cannot change working directory ", $ftp->message;# Change directory my @filelist=$ftp->ls($home); print map { "$_\n"} @filelist; # Now get the file and leave $ftp->get($filename,$localdir.$filename) or die "Cannot get $filename: $@"; $ftp->quit;