download perl

[hpuxhelp]

I went on cpan to download perl version 5.8 to my desk top... but when i tried to ftp the file to the host i can't do it ...help please...i am new at this

[Ross Zubritski]

www.cpan.org

[Ross Zubritski]

Find this distro you want, right click and save target as.

Regards,

RZ

[hpuxhelp]

i think it is because i saved it as this perl.5.8.0.tar.Z
and bc of that i can't ftp the file to the host...how can i fix this

[Ross Zubritski]

can't ftp it? use uppercase Z? also make sure you type bin at the ftp> to make sure your transfer in the correct mode.

[hpuxhelp]

I did that too...

here is what i did..
I downloaded the source from the internet to my desktop
using msdos, i ftp to hostA
login as my name and did
bin
and put file.name
it comes back and said the file permission is not allow for such action ???

[Ross Zubritski]

AHH..... are you using anonymous ftp?

[hpuxhelp]

what is the different...i tried to ftp to different host..i could ...but not this particular one..
the error code is 553

[KCS_1]

hi,

Look at,your ftp file transfer funtion(binary or Ascii) on the ftp application.

please set "bin" and then try it again. thanks ..

have a good day~~

[Ross Zubritski]

The difference is if you are transferring to this host via anon ftp, the server may not allow anon to write to the directory.

Regards,

RZ

[hpuxhelp]

Patrick
I I did transfer the file by binary (type bin) it still gives me problem...

[Ron Kinner]

As I understand it you had no problem getting the file from cpan to your Window Box. Now you want to FTP the file from your window box to a host of some sort but it doesn't work and gives you an error.

What operating system is the host? I presume some version of hpux since you have postd in the HPUX forum.

I assume you have a logon on the HPUX. And when you FTP to the HPUX it asks you for your logon and password and that works. Now you tell it to put the file and it says you are not allowed. You need to figure out which directory you are trying to put the file into and verify that you have write permission in that directory. This is something the sysadmin has to do. Also in SAM there is a way to set up which directory you go to when you FTP in and what you are allowed to do there.

Ron

[hpuxhelp]

the problem has been resolved...for some reason, the user owner is not the same, i change it by chown ...
now it works fine..thanks for your help...