Hello All,

I've been trying to set up curl to download a web pages, and files off an
FTP server. I have spent a day trying various command line options but can
only get the results below:

== Info: About to connect() to ftp.bom.gov.au:21
== Info: Connected to ftp.bom.gov.au (134.178.63.130) port 21
<= Recv header, 55 bytes (0x37)
0000: 220-Welcome to the Bureau of Meteorology FTP service.
<= Recv header, 6 bytes (0x6)
0000: 220
=> Send header, 16 bytes (0x10)
0000: USER anonymous
== Info: Connection aborted
== Info: Closing connection #0

== Info: About to connect() to www.google.com.au:80
== Info: Connected to www.google.com.au (66.102.7.104) port 80
=> Send header, 214 bytes (0xd6)
0000: GET / HTTP/1.1
0010: User-Agent: curl/7.10.5 (i386-pc-msdosdjgpp) libcurl/7.10.5 Open
0050: SSL/0.9.7c zlib/1.1.4
0067: Host: www.google.com.au
0080: Pragma: no-cache
0092: Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
00d4:
== Info: Empty reply from server
== Info: Connection #0 left intact

i.e. for FTP "Connection aborted" and HTTP "Empty reply from server".

As you can see the version is 7.10.5 DOS port. I am running it on an old
'486 machine with a NE2000 compatible NIC connected to a broadband
modem/router. On the same machine I have Lynx and Arachne brousers working
perfectly. My plan is to automate the downloading of data while I'm absent
for an extended period. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Charles Littlefield
Received on 2006-12-03