On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:07:52 -0500 "David C. Hart" <dch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I realize that generic unix questions are a bit OT but I could use some > help. Apparently, wget's username/password authentication is limited to > HTTP. Is there a similar client that will do this for FTP or should I > just script the function (I have a recurring download job that I want to > Cron)? I use .netrc file for ftp jobs. Look at http://www.mavetju.org/unix/netrc.php for examples. Christophe