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# 1  
Old 09-02-2008
Writing to remote file
hello All,

I have the login name and pasword. I want to know how to use this info and open a file and write to it.
Ex: login: expr
pasword: xxxx
file: /expr/tmp.txt

I know how to use ftp (use Net::FTP) and upload files but I want to know how to write to a file.

Thanks,
# 2  
Old 09-02-2008
Unless the remote file is on a network mounted filesystem (like NFS) there is no simple way.

You can
1. ftp the file to your local directory
2. write the file
3. ftp it back again.

Also try ssh - you can issue remote commands like
echo "something" >> /path/to/remotefile
which write the file without having to drag it back and forth over the network.

NET::ftp is perl. Advanced programming in perl will let you create a client server app using sockets. See perldoc IO::Socket - you can create a client/server app over tcp with just that.
# 3  
Old 09-02-2008
ftping it back and fro will be time consuming as the ftp time will vary depending on file size.
I wil try the ways metioned
thanks.
# 4  
Old 09-23-2008
Does any one know how to use Net::FTP (Net::FTP->appe(FILE)) to write contents to a remote file.
# 5  
Old 09-23-2008
Code:
use strict;     
use Net::FTP;

my $host = "my.server";
my $user = "user";
my $password = "password";

my $f = Net::FTP->new($host) or die "Can't open $host\n";
$f->login($user, $password) or die "Can't login to $user in\n";

my $dir = "my/dir";

$f->cwd($dir) or die "Can't change working directory to $dir\n";

my $file_to_put = "somefile";
$f->binary();
# use this to get a file.
$f->get($file_to_get) or die "Can't get $file from $dir\n";
#use this to put a file to server
$f->put($file_to_put) or die "Can't put $file into $dir\n";
$f->quit;

Did you mean $f->append(localfile,remote); This is probably not what you want. It takes the full contents of localfile and adds all of it to the end of the remotefile. just like this does:
Code:
cat file2 >> file1

now file1 = all of file + all of file2
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