On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 16:40 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > I have a script that opens an ftp connection to a non-*nix system. > I desire to change directories on the host system using a shell > variable to set the cd directory. However, I cannot seem to > discover how this is done. Check the FTP configuration file on the remote server. There might be a block to stop you moving-out of your log-on FTP directory. VSFTP on Centos has this capability so too, I imagine, has other FTP servers. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.