>> write ftp://chuck:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/crossing/ndtd/chmod-file %user.r connecting to: 170.16.15.136 >> print read ftp://chuck:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/crossing/ndtd/ connecting to: 170.16.15.136 chmod-file file1 ofile rebol.r user.r ; --- then I telnet to server and chmod 000 chmod-file ; --- thus it is not readable, writeable, execable by anyone ; --- then I try to overwrite it via REBOL: >> write ftp://chuck:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/crossing/ndtd/chmod-file %user.r connecting to: 170.16.15.136 ** User Error: Server error: tcp 553 chmod-file: No such file or directory.. ** Where: write ftp://chuck:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/crossing/ndtd/chmod-file %user.r >> ; --- as you can see, it is very bizarre for a write command to claim that a file on the remote server does not exist. The real problem is that it cant overwrite the file. But it did not report that. But actually, this is not the fault of REBOL: when I did a manual FTP I got the same brain-damaged error message. But anyway, maybe this will be of help to someone who is trying things with FTP and getting hard-to-believe results with a similar operation. Get your FREE Email and Voicemail at Lycos Communications at http://comm.lycos.com