How about something like this and set up a cron job :-) ---------- #!/bin/sh HOST='myhost' USER='myuser' PASSWD='mypwd' FILE='myfile' ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT quote USER $USER quote PASS $PASSWD get $FILE quit END_SCRIPT exit 0 ------------------ -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Troy Knabe Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 1:26 PM To: Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: ftp ssl I have to connect to a client who only allows ftp ssl (not sftp, and not scp). I need to script it so that I can download the files nightly. Does anyone have a good linux application and/or documentation source that they recommend? Thanks -- Troy Knabe knabe@xxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list