> lftp -c 'open -e "mirror <remote_dir> <local_dir>/" <bookmark>' Glad that lftp can be scripted > You can also lftp. For more info: http://lftp.yar.ru/ I've browsed above link & it says nothing about ASCII nor Append modes equivalent of ftp. In fact I'm highly doubtful that with sftp protocol, lftp would support ASCII & APPEND modes >'man smbclient' I think samba client helps with files transfer between Unix & Windows but in my case, my customer only permits tcp22 (ie ssh & sftp) traffic (currently it's ftp but this is going to be replaced) between my Linux box & their Windows box; no Netbios nor any other ports. http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2004-July/089454.html The above link indicates that ASCII mode is not supported -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list