Yes, wget has a user,password option. Don't quote me on it, but I think it is -u userid,passwd. Stephen Dawes <B.A., B.Sc.> Management Systems Analyst Information Technology #8480 | Phone: (403) 268-5527 The City of Calgary | Fax: (403) 268-6423 PO Box 2100 Postal Station M. | Email: Stephen.Dawes at calgary.ca Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T2P 2M5 | Web: http://www.calgary.ca NOTICE - This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and co-operation. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Steve Holmes Sent: 2008 February 20 10:24 AM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Automating Bookshare -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 I'm thinking of setting up an automated script to use wget to pull the latest newspaper from Bookshare; kind of like what is done on the Icon device. I casn save the appropriate link for my particular newspaper and use variables to plug the desired date but where I run into trouble is authentication. Since you have to log into bookshare first, it ends up being a multi-step process. Is there any way to do this using wget? See, I'm trying to implement a feature of the Icon without paying $2000 plus for it:). - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHvGJAWSjv55S0LfERA9+6AJ9hzyl7M+/Et43v3/ywDAV+AzsSZQCfdp8u OTx2A28f568m34hgw0VaFgU= =y5I6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup