On Thu, June 2, 2011 15:23, James B. Byrne wrote: > > However, the first line that I find in the logging file is the > results of the dir command following the user command. Can someone > tell me how I can capture and log the initial response to the ftp > connection? I since discovered that to capture remote host responses one must specify the -v (verbose) option to the ftp client: $ ftp -v host.domain.tld -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3