Copy folder using Net::FTP

I am new in PERL programming...I have one question to ask..How can i =
transfer a folder in 2 different machine using Net::FTP...Now, i can =
transfer a sigle file between 2 machine but i am still having problemm =
to transfer a folder using Net::FTP...Did anybony have any =
idea?....Please help me......

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Roime bin Puniran wrote:

> I am new in PERL programming...

Okay -- it's "Perl" for the language, "perl" for the program that runs
programs written in the language, and "PERL" for nothing. In spite of
what some of the docs jokingly say, "Perl" doesn't stand for anything,
so it shouldn't be capitalized as if it's an acronym.

> I have one question to ask..How can i transfer a folder in 2 different
> machine using Net::FTP...Now, i can transfer a sigle file between 2
> machine but i am still having problemm to transfer a folder using
> Net::FTP...Did anybony have any idea?....Please help me......

Would making a tarball out of it be an option?

That's the old-fashioned but proven way to send directories full of
files around: make a tarball (`tar -cvf files.tar dir/`), send it to the
remote machine, then unpack it (`tar -zxv files.tar`).

If you're on Windows, a zip archive is roughly equivalent, but I'm not
sure how that could be driven from Perl (I'm sure it could be done, I
just don't know what way makes sense). On the other hand, Archive::Tar
should be able to do it nicely:

<http://search.cpan.org/~kane/Archiv.../Archive/Tar.pm>


--
Chris Devers

Thanks for ur reply..Actually, i need to transfer a folder that continously 
updated. It's so difficult to tarball a directory first then send it through
 Net::FTP while the content of the directory always updated...I mean my prob
lem is, i need to transfer a folder without tarball it first using Net::SFTP
.I hope i make it clear...

However, thanks Chris following ur advice


-----Original Message-----
From:	Chris Devers [mailto:cdevers@pobox.com]
Sent:	Mon 9/20/2004 1:26 PM
To:	Roime bin Puniran
Cc:	Perl Beginners List
Subject:	Re: Copy folder using Net::FTP
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Roime bin Puniran wrote:

> I am new in PERL programming...

Okay -- it's "Perl" for the language, "perl" for the program that runs 
programs written in the language, and "PERL" for nothing. In spite of 
what some of the docs jokingly say, "Perl" doesn't stand for anything, 
so it shouldn't be capitalized as if it's an acronym.

> I have one question to ask..How can i transfer a folder in 2 different 
> machine using Net::FTP...Now, i can transfer a sigle file between 2 
> machine but i am still having problemm to transfer a folder using 
> Net::FTP...Did anybony have any idea?....Please help me......

Would making a tarball out of it be an option?

That's the old-fashioned but proven way to send directories full of 
files around: make a tarball (`tar -cvf files.tar dir/`), send it to the 
remote machine, then unpack it (`tar -zxv files.tar`).

If you're on Windows, a zip archive is roughly equivalent, but I'm not 
sure how that could be driven from Perl (I'm sure it could be done, I 
just don't know what way makes sense). On the other hand, Archive::Tar 
should be able to do it nicely:

<http://search.cpan.org/~kane/Archiv.../Archive/Tar.pm>
 

-- 
Chris Devers





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roime@rndtm.net.my (Roime bin Puniran) wrote in message-id:
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>I am new in PERL programming...I have one question to ask..How can i transfer a fol
der in 2 different machine using Net::FTP...Now, i can transfer a sigle file between
 2 machine but i am still having problemm to transfer a folder using Net::FTP...Did 
any
bony have any idea?....Please help me......
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The program should  first issue the appropriate MKD commands,
then issue all of the appropriate STOR commands.