Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:29:23 +0000 From: Ian Miller To: Clark Sims Cc: "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" Subject: Re: Problem with wget Message-ID: <20000307152923.A13701@trogon.csd.abdn.ac.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from clarksimsgnu@my-Deja.com on Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 06:40:55AM -0800 On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 06:40:55AM -0800, Clark Sims screived: > wget version 1.5.3 > > I am running wget on Linux and NT. I am using the syntax: > wget ftp://ftp.cme.com/pub/bulletin/bt000306.zip > > It works fine under Linux, but when I use the wget for Cygnus/NT that I downloaded at ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/cygwin/ports/ > I get an error message: > --08:44:51-- ftp://ftp.cme.com:21/pub/bulletin/bt000306.zip > => bt000306.zip > wget: Cannot determine user-id > > I have tried setting various options like --http-user, --proxy-user, --http-passwd, --proxy-passwd, and none of them seem to work. > > Does anybody know how to get this command to work under Cygnus? Erm... I *think* you might have to SET USER=someone in AUTOEXEC.BAT or alternatively, the equivalent in your shell startup file:- e.g. tcsh setenv USER fred hth! cheers, ian -- +-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | ian miller; research student; | "With the utmost respect, I must, if | | learning agents and systems group; | asked for my opinion, tell you that | | university of aberdeen, scotland. | I regard your account as rubbish." | +-------------------------------------+ | | imiller@csd.abdn.ac.uk | -- John Maynard Keynes | | http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~imiller/ | (to Lloyd-George) | +-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com