On Tuesday 16 September 2008 11:18:36 am you wrote: > hi, > > I am on linux > > How do I download a file from this site ? > > http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=TY > > when I do > $wget http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=TY > then I get a small file by the name of "gm.asp?ai=214" with content like > this. > > <asx version="3.0"> > <!-- GMX --> > <title>CastUP: Unknown Error</title> > <entry> > <title>Error: Unknown Error</title> > <author></author> > <ref href="http://" /> > </entry> > </asx> > > > Regards > Mettavihari > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs The reason you are getting that is because that's the file you're telling it to download. wget is working perfectly. Are you trying to have wget figure out where the asp file is pointing you to download? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs