Re: [MacPerl] Net::FTP and Mac binaries

[Peter Westlake <peter@harlequin.co.uk>]

At 08:10 1999-04-23 -0400, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 12:23:05PM +0100, Peter Westlake wrote:
>} I'm using Net::FTP to copy files to and from a Macintosh. Can Net::FTP
>} cope with MacBinary mode? If not (and it doesn't look as though it can,
>} from looking at the code), are there any MacPerl extensions that would
>} help me?
>
>Mac::Conversions. CPAN/authors/id/S/SC/SCHINDER/Mac-Conversions-1.00.tar.gz.
>As the name implies, it only works under MacPerl.
>
>If you're then sending to an FTP server on another MacOS machine, you
>can use $ftp->quot to turn MacBinary mode on.  For example, when
>sending MacBinary from my Unix machines at work to my Mac at home when
>it's running MacOS, the script that does the work does the following
>just before sending a MacBinary to NetPresenz:
>
>            $ftp->binary;
>            $ftp->quot("MACB E");

Sounds good, thanks! Now, my CPAN-shell has suddenly stopped working.
All I get when I launch it is a message:

   # Please set a HOME environment variable in your preferences.

But when I go to Preferences on the Edit menu, there's the HOME
variable, just as it has always been. What could be going on?

Peter.


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