[ale] retrieving a file via ftp in perl

[Geoffrey Myers]

Scott McBrien wrote:
> I doubt that it'll work the way you want, the problem is that you
> have to open up the file for io in order to read it into the array.
> If the file isn't resident on your machines filesystem, that doesn't
> work so well.  FTP isn't really designed to give inline access to a
> file as it doesn't have a way to open and maintain the state of the
> file mid-transfer.  I'd suggest getting the file, putting it in /tmp
> or /var/tmp, then use the standard perl io stuff to work with it.
> You can always unlink the file once it's been read into your program
> if that disk space is a concern.

Yeah, that was my expectation, but I was hoping I could do this without 
writing the file out.  Thanks.

> 
> -Scott
> 
> On Nov 26, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> 
>> I would like to retrieve a file via perl using ftp, but I want to
>> read the file into an array in perl, rather then drop it on the
>> machine as a file.  Anyone know if this is possible?  I don't see
>> such functionality with Net::FTP.
>> 
>> 
>> -- Until later, Geoffrey
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson