Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:12:51 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Steve Suhre <steve@Antero.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP command line syntax Message-ID: <20040928151251.GG90839@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20040928085447.04434ec0@nano.net> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20040928085447.04434ec0@nano.net>
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In the last episode (Sep 28), Steve Suhre said: > 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' Works for me: $ ftp ftp://doesnt:exist@ftp.netscape.com/path Connected to ftp.gftp.netscape.com. 220-35 220 ftpnscp.newaol.com FTP server (SunOS 5.8) ready. 331 Password required for doesnt. 530 Login incorrect. ftp: Login failed. ftp: Can't connect or login to host `ftp.netscape.com' 221 Goodbye. $ What version of FreeBSD are you running? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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