Hello wget,
$ wget -v wget: missing URL Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... Try `wget --help' for more options. [root@rmt-gw]1014# wget --version GNU Wget 1.8.1 script.sh: #!/bin/sh wget="/usr/local/bin/wget -t0 -nr -nc -x --timeout=20 --wait=61 --waitretry=120" $wget ftp://nonanonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/file1.zip $wget ftp://nonanonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/file2.zip $./script.sh --16:50:37-- ftp://nonanonymous:*password*@1.2.3.4/file1.zip => `1.2.3.4/file1.zip' Connecting to 1.2.3.4... connected. Logging in as nonanonymous ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying. --16:50:38-- ftp://nonanonymous:*password*@1.2.3.4/file2.zip => `1.2.3.4/file2.zip' Connecting to 1.2.3.4... connected. Logging in as nonanonymous ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying. ^C Why WGET can make a pause between 1st and 2nd retrieval? thanks, -- Best regards from future, HillDale. Pavel mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]