From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 28 15:04:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4641616A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:04:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tiny.smallweb.com (smallweb.com [216.85.125.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB8B343D2D for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:04:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@Antero.com) Received: from silver.Antero.com (silver.nano.net [216.85.125.13]) by tiny.smallweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8SF4JhE024589 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:04:19 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <6.0.3.0.2.20040928085447.04434ec0@nano.net> X-Sender: antero@nano.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.3.0 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:04:34 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Steve Suhre Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: FTP command line syntax X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:04:33 -0000 I need to set up a cron job that will fetch a file using ftp and a password. I've tried several versions of the commands as described in the man page and the Auto-Fetch section but I'm getting an error that makes me think I'm missing something... If I use the suggested syntax: ftp ftp://user:password@host/path I get: Can't locate or login to host `user' It looks like ftp is not aware of the man page and wants the server where the login info is supposed to be. I've tried several variations of the line with no luck. Any help? --- Steve Suhre Antero web technologies 719.634.8161 steve@Antero.com