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Re: Problem with wget
- To: "Ian Miller" <imiller at csd dot abdn dot ac dot uk>, "cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Problem with wget
- From: " Clark Sims " <clarksimsgnu at my-Deja dot com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 05:24:10 -0800
- Cc: "cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: My Deja Email (http://www.my-deja.com:80)
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:29:23 Ian Miller wrote:
>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
>
This is not the problem something else is going on.
If anybody else could provide some suggestions I would be very greatful.
Thanks in Advance,
Clark Sims
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