:: output to the named file (or stdout, with "-"). Is that from the WinCE ftp client you're using? ncftpget has a -d option, but that's as close as I can get to outputting to stdout... Put another | in there? FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS Files specified as arguments to ftp commands are processed according to the following rules. 1. If the file name `-' is specified, stdin (for reading) or stdout (for writing) is used. 2. If the first character of the file name is `|', the remainder of the argument is interpreted as a shell command. Ftp then forks a shell, using popen(3) with the argument supplied, and reads from (writes to) stdout (stdin). If the shell command includes spaces, the argument must be quoted; e.g. ``" ls -lt"''. A par- ticularly useful example of this mechanism is: ``dir more''. --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog