Are you able to access the file via a normal web browser? I am not. I
get 404. So the problem does not seem to be related to Curl; at least if
I understand the question correctly...
marco
Peter Caccamo wrote:

>Thanks for the quick response Daniel ...
>
>I should have been clearer. So I'll try again -- given that I still am
>not able to download the file.
>
>I'm trying to download a file from a webpage using command line cURL, as
>follows:
>
>Here's the target webpage, which I believe has embedded javascript
>https://198.204.142.102/PDD
>Here's the file that I want to download
>mbs052004.zip
>
>Here's the command-line command that I executed curl
>https://198.204.142.102/PDD/mbs052004.zip
>
>This doesn't work for me .... I receive a file with an HTTP 404 message
>.. not what I wanted ... I wanted the file ... anyone know what I'm
>doing wrong ???? or maybe I'm missing something ????
>
>thanks again,
>
>Peter Caccamo
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>Content preview: On Fri, 21 May 2004, Peter Caccamo wrote: > curl
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