This works with Ultrix 3.1 (UWS 2.1) and SunOS 4.0.3 FTP. It may work for you. The keys are the ftp options "-i" to inhibit prompting during multifile transfers, and "-n" to disable automatic login. ftp -in <yer-file-here yer-file-here contents: open ftp.host.org user anonymous guest cd pub get README README-host.org --Ed