Hi Thanks for the Reply.  The xfer method "ftp" in the error

confused me as well, from the CGI interface it is set to

"rsync"  When I check the hosts config file there is NO line

for xfer method if I manually add it, it seems to ignore it.

 

This is a new install so I thought I would try the beta version

do you recommend I go back to the stable version?

 

Thanks

>>> Craig Barratt <cbarratt AT users.sourceforge DOT net> 4/12/2009 10:57 PM >>>
Holger writes:

> two things are really confusing me:
>
> 1.) The title claims that it is supposed to be an *rsync* xfer, the error
>     message clearly indicates that *ftp* is attempted (and fails). Tim, could
>     you please clarify which transfer method you are trying to use?

The code loads all the Xfer modules and the failure happens
when there is a module that isn't found.  The Xfer method
doesn't matter at that point.

> > Looks like you need to install the File::Listing module.
> >
> > Paul - the code should check for this and it should be in the
> > docs too.
>
> Isn't the same true for Archive::Zip and XML::RSS? I'm not sure those two
> *can* be handled in a sane way, but I'll have a look in the next few days and
> try to provide a patch.

Yes, like other non-builtin modules, the ftp code should load this
module inside an eval() in the BEGIN block, and set a flag if it
fails.  In particular, this line:

    use File::Listing qw/parse_dir/;

in lib/BackupPC/Xfer/Ftp.pm should be moved inside the BEGIN block and
used with an eval.  It's not quite as simple as adding File::Listing to
this list:

    my @FTPLibs = qw( Net::FTP Net::FTP::RetrHandle );

since it needs the "qw/parse_dir/".

Craig