I have tried it with the "ftp-alternative-to-user" option now, although
I think it has no bearing here as it is https (I should have specified
this before - apologies). Below is a command response example (using
curl 7.16.0):

curl.exe --show-error --retry 10 --connect-timeout 120 --max-time 20000
--cert c:\acertificate.pem --user xxxxx:yyyyy --ftp-alternative-to-user
"xxxxx" https://vst.tmblewdserver.com/adir/Test%20File.txt

response:

Virtual user xxxxx logged in.

I have tried with lots of different options and this is the only message
(other than an auth failure or a nothing response)

I'm not sure this is the same issue as with the thread I originally
referred to.... It seems that I am being logged in but the server is
refusing to download the file itself. (If I connect with a browser then
request to download the file there is a querystring "?P" appended to the
filename. I have tried this in the CURL command but this has no effect.)

It may be a foible with this particular instance of the Secure Server -
I shall try and get more information from the company in question with
regards to this matter.

Cheers for the speedy response!

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
Sent: 13 April 2007 10:44
To: the curl tool
Subject: Re: Integration with Tumbleweed Secure Server

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Michael Coates wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience of linking to the Tumbleweed Secure
> Server using cURL? I am on a windows based system and do not know much

> about patching or compiling cURL (I noticed there was an earlier
> posting with a patch for cURL to enable it to connect to Tumbleweed -
> http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2006-07/att-0068/patch-dn-siteauth) - Is
> there a built version which contains this patching?

I suggest you read through the whole thread in which you found that
patch. It was updated twice and the last version was then committed.

--ftp-alternative-to-user is what you want.

> My main problem seems to be that of downloading a file rather than
> connecting.

So is it really the same problem you're facing? It would help us to
understand this if you would paste a command/response log from the
server to illustrate.

And I trust you're using a recent curl.

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