On Sunday 09 February 2003 8:50 am, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: > Quoting Dave Selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] > > > 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. > > > > 425 Failed to establish connection. > > > > Error in server response, closing control connection. > > Retrying. > > > > This is a bit of a problem since I wanted to use wget to download open > > office etc all from ftp sites ..... > > > > Any ideas ? > > There may be a firewall between you and the FTP server that is > blocking active FTP. Try adding --passive-ftp to the wget command > line. > > HTH, > Jeffrey
wget -t inf -T 600 -c -v --passive-ftp --progress=bar -i '/mnt/archive/wget/url.list' AND IT WORKS !!!! I never realised ftp would initiate a NEW connection from ftp site, bizzare, I assumed it was like a web page. Anyhow many thanks, I learn a little every day ! Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
