hackerotaku wrote: > Jamis, > > good news > this works > below code will put a file on the remote system > and it will get a file from the remote syste > thank you > Glad to hear it! I'm just about ready to start documenting the SFTP features of Net::SSH, so hopefully that will prevent others from the frustrations you encountered. - Jamis -- Jamis Buck jgb3 / email.byu.edu http://www.jamisbuck.org/jamis "I use octal until I get to 8, and then I switch to decimal."