I get the same behavior. Your one liner works with local files but fails with ftp. This multi-line replacement works for me: f1: read ftp://user:pass@site insert find f1 "these words" code write ftp://user:pass@site f1 Vic Hirsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/25 4:06 AM >>> Hey list, two things... I have a pretty big html file with a bunch of same-page links, that goes something like this: link link link #linktarget <number name description list> .. I want to rebolize the page so I can generate additions to the page (make a "rebol" db).. how might I best accomplish this? also, tell me if there is anything wrong with this line: close insert (find (open ftp://user:pass@site) "these words") (code) it works on opening local files, but, like that, crashes rebol. any ideas? thanks. -- Turn your computer off. Go outside. -tom