README for Perl extension Perl-Download-FTP

Perl::Download::FTP - Identify Perl releases and download the most recent via FTP

This document refers to version 0.01 of Perl-Download-FTP.
This version was released November 15, 2017.

SYNOPSIS

        use Perl::Download::FTP;

        $self = Perl::Download::FTP->new( {
            host        => 'ftp.cpan.org',
            dir         => '/pub/CPAN/src/5.0',
            verbose     => 1,
        } );

        @all_releases = $self->ls();

        $classified_releases = $self->classify_releases();

        @releases = $self->list_releases( {
            type            => 'production',
            compression     => 'gz',
        } );

        $latest_release = $self->get_latest_release( {
            compression     => 'gz',
            type            => 'dev',
            dir             => '/path/to/download',
            verbose         => 1,
        } );

INSTALLATION

To install this module on your system, place the tarball archive file in a
temporary directory and call the following:

    gunzip Perl-Download-FTP-0.01.tar.gz
    tar xf Perl-Download-FTP-0.01.tar
    cd Perl-Download-FTP-0.01
    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install

If you are on a windows box you should use 'nmake' rather than 'make'.