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Name

new

Synopsis

$ftp = Net::FTP->new(host[, options])

Constructs a new Net::FTP object. Arguments are:

host

The name of the remote host

options

A hash specifying any of the following information:

Firewall: Name of an FTP firewall.
Port: Port number to use for the FTP connection. Defaults to 21.
Timeout: Timeout value. Defaults to 120 seconds.
Debug: Debug level.
Passive: True or false, specifying whether to perform transfers in passive mode.

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