Why doesn't Perl's Net::FTP upload my file?

Question

I am trying to upload multiple files via Net::FTP and Perl. Has anyone done this as even my basic script below fails?

use Net::FTP;
use File::Basename;

my $ftp;
my $host ='56.309.24.2';
my $user ='user';
my $pw   ='pass';

my $file ='097360718843.jpeg';
my $path ='public_html/uploaded/product_images';

chomp($host,$user,$pw,$path, $file);

$ftp=Net::FTP->new($host) or die "could not login";
$ftp->login($user,$pw) or die "could not login";
$ftp->cwd($path) or die "could not cwd $path";
$ftp->ls;
$ftp->put($file) or die "could not put $file";
$ftp->site("chmod 600 " . basename($file));

Here's a log of the transfer:

Net::FTP>>> 
Net::FTP(2.75) 
Net::FTP>>> Exporter(5.58) 
Net::FTP>>> 
Net::Cmd(2.26) 
Net::FTP>>> IO::Socket::INET(1.27) 
Net::FTP>>> IO::Socket(1.28) 
Net::FTP>>> IO::Handle(1.24) 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c6a8)<<< 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [TLS] ---------- 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c6a8)<<< 220-You are user number 1 of 50 allowed. 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c6a8)<<< 220-Local time is now 16:19. Server port: 21. 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c6a8)<<< 220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server. 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c6a8)<<< 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> user user_name 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 331 User user_name OK. Password required 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> PASS .... 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 230-User user_name has group access to: user_name wheel 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 230 OK. Current restricted directory is / 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> CWD public_html/uploaded/product_images/ 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 250 OK. Current directory is /public_html/uploaded/product_images 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> PORT 192,168,1,10,200,38 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 200 PORT command successful
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> NLST 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 150 Connecting to port 50703 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 226-Options: -a 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 226 Output truncated to 2000 matches 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> ALLO 7903 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 200 Zzz... 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> PORT 192,168,1,10,200,39 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 200 PORT command successful 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> STOR 097360718843.jpeg 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 150 Connecting to port 50704 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 226-File successfully transferred
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 226 0.381 seconds (measured here), 20.21 Kbytes per second 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)>>> SITE chmod 600 097360718843.jpeg 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x180c648)<<< 200 Permissions changed on 097360718843.jpeg

Answer 1

Use

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Debug => 1) 
    or die "Could not create FTP object: $@";

Additional good practice:

• Make sure you have

  use strict;
  use warnings;
  

• Don't declare variables before they are needed.

• Include the error in the error messages.

In short, try the following script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Net::FTP;

my $host ='56.309.24.2';
my $user ='user';
my $pw   ='pass';

my $file ='097360718843.jpeg';
my $path ='public_html/uploaded/product_images';

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Debug => 1) 
    or die "Could not connect to '$host': $@";

$ftp->login($user, $pw) 
    or die sprintf "Could not login: %s", $ftp->message;

$ftp->cwd($path) 
    or die sprintf "Could not login: %s", $ftp->message;

$ftp->ls;

$ftp->binary;

$ftp->put($file) 
    or die die sprintf "Could not login: %s", $ftp->message;

$ftp->site("chmod 600 $file");

Answer 2

Try the code from this blog.

Answer 3

Check the protection on the destination directory. Make sure you can create files there.

Check the protection on the files themselves Make sure you can overwrite them.