[plug] Redirecting Web Data

[Mike from West Australia]

At 04:40 PM 25/5/2000 +0800,  Matt Kemner <zombie at wasp.net.au> wrote:
>On Thu, 25 May 2000 mbailey at ois.com.au wrote:
>
>> I have a need to send URL to the web from say the bash prompt and
>> feed the data that is returned into a text file.
>
>wget http://url.goes.here/ -O file.txt

Question: Is there a way to handle username/passwords with a preset
number of retries (rather more then 3).

In one particular case there is password protected site which has
an exceptionally long user name and password and frequently has
errors in recognising the access request. I've considered patching
lynx to do this but, wonder if there is another way...

ie,

<command> <username/password> <no of retries> > filename.zip

any ideas ?

Rgds

Mike