Thanks Suzanne, you are of course correct, now compiled & installed but get message: dav:/raiyza/Documents/> get prota /home/raiyza Downloading `/raiyza/Documents/prota' to /home/raiyza: failed: Is a directory dav:/raiyza/Documents/> My file "prota" is a .sit file in the "documents" folder on idisk. Is there a problem with this format - hence the "Is a directory" comment? --=20 regards, ray.