Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

get

Synopsis

$ftp->get(remote[, local])

Retrieves a file from the server. If specified, local is the name to give the file on the local system; otherwise, the name stays the same. Arguments are:

remote

Name of the file to retrieve from the remote system.

local

Either the new filename on the local system or a filehandle. If omitted, the same filename is used.