NET::FTP ls error

[Bob]

running on w2k pro sp2 system. Code is:

# ftptst.plx - 10 July 2003. testing ftp script
use warnings;
use strict;
use Net::FTP;
my ($hostname, $username, $password, $directory, $filename, $ftpobj, @last);
#declaration of parameters
$hostname="ftp.nowhere.com";
$username="anonymous";
$password="tst\@tsthere";
$directory="/pub";
$filename="*.txt";

$ftpobj = Net::FTP -> new ($hostname);
$ftpobj -> login($username, $password);
$ftpobj -> cwd ($directory);
@last = ftp->ls($filename) or die "No $filename found.\n";
$ftpobj -> quit;
-------------------- end of code ---------------------------
The above code works - the error is with the line requesting ls
@last = ftp->ls($filename) or die "No $filename found.\n";

the error reported is:
D:\perl\srccode\ftp>perl ftptst.plx
Can't locate object method "ls" via package "ftp" (perhaps you forgot to
load "ftp"?) at ftptst.plx line 25.

Questions:
1. Doesnt the line -- use NET::FTP -- load "ftp" ???
2. Is there a source for examples of using net::ftp?

thanks
r

 

[Bob]

Hi Michael -

thanks.

another question.. to avoid these really "bad" mistakes, is there some
kind of checker program that checks the code for content or properly defined
statement, etc...

 

[Michael Budash]

[top-posting fixed just this once]

thanks.

another question.. to avoid these really "bad" mistakes, is there some
kind of checker program that checks the code for content or properly defined
statement, etc.

the error you got is as good as you can get!