I have written ftp code which will download a single file from the Server using the below code: require 'rubygems' require 'net/ftp' require 'fileutils' URL = 'IP address' username = 'test' passwd = "test" filename = "file1" directory = '/home/test/' localfile = 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\User1\\Desktop\\file1' ftp=Net::FTP.new ftp.connect(URL,21) ftp.login(username,passwd) ftp.chdir(directory) ftp.getbinaryfile(filename,localfile) ftp.close But what i am really looking for is: 1) Download multiple files from a given directory. 2) Download files by giving wild characters (eg: *.xls or *.txt) Please let me know if there is a better way or easier way to achieve these tasks. cheers -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.