read ftp:// error - change system/local/months ?

mai in French is "May" in English. Maybe you could temporarily redefine system/locale/months to the French (or German, or one of many other languages) months of the year, then swap back again: temp: system/locale/months system/locale/months: [ "janvier" "février" "mars" "avril" "mai" "juin" "juillet" "août" "septembre" "octobre" "novembre" "décembre" ] ;try to do your ftp download here. system/local/months: temp ; restore english That's it. Hopefully the ftp scheme will use the first three letters of each month as an indicator The accents may not be required in this context, I am not sure, give it a try. Also, the first three letters of June and July ("juin" et "juillet") are the same, I think the French use "jun" for "juin", but don't quote me on that Sources: Abbreviations of the Names of the Months By Language http://libweb.princeton.edu/katmandu/bookser/months.html Anton.