Odd problem with File::Remote

I wrote a script that checks for updated files at McAfee, fetches them if 
there are any and then copies them to various places.  The script is 
running on a Solaris box:
 uname -a
SunOS inca 5.10 Generic_118833-36 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
 /usr/local/bin/perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.3 built for sun4-solaris

Recently I've been getting an odd error that I can't make sense of.

Your "cron" job on inca
/usr/local/bin/perl /home/003/p/pa/pauls/mcafee_upd.pl

produced the following output:

There's a new superdat!
Fetching the new superdat from NAI
Read error (Connection reset by peer) in headers.
11:43:18 
URL:http://download.nai.com/products/licensed/superdat/english/intel/sdat5029.exe 
[17120168/17120168] -> "sdat5029.exe" [2]
Changing permissions on the file sdat5029.exe
Deleting the old files from netid01, netid02 and netid03.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.

These errors come from this section of the script:

my $secure = new File::Remote (rsh => "/usr/local/bin/ssh -i 
\"$home$key\"", rcp => "/usr/local/bin/scp -i \"$home$key\"");
        print "Deleting the old files from netid01, netid02 and netid03.\n";
        $secure->unlink("netid01:/opt/mcafee/windows/sdat*");
        $secure->unlink("netid02:/opt/mcafee/windows/sdat*");
        $secure->unlink("netid03:/opt/mcafee/windows/sdat*");

Any idea where to look for the cause of this error?  The script is working 
as expected.  I'm just anal about tracking down errors.

Copying superdats (sdat5029.exe) to netid01, netid02 and netid03.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.

The above comes from this section:
print "Copying superdats ($update) to netid01, netid02 and netid03.\n";
        $secure->copy("$update","netid01:/opt/mcafee/windows/$update");
        $secure->copy("$update","netid02:/opt/mcafee/windows/$update");
        $secure->copy("$update","netid03:/opt/mcafee/windows/$update");

Changing permissions on sdat5029.exe on netid01, netid02 and netid03.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.
Argument "        <a href="" isn't numeric in scalar assignment at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/File/Remote.pm line 200.

-- 
Paul Schmehl ([email protected])
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/