Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:00:05 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp server frustrating Message-ID: <200505311200.06206.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050531101320.02c46eb0@cobalt.antimatter.net> References: <200505310818.45961.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200505310915.32333.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050531101320.02c46eb0@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:17, the author Glenn Dawson contributed to the dialogue on- Re: ftp server frustrating: >At 09:15 AM 5/31/2005, Vizion wrote: >>It is the general problem that concerns me - if I am in some goddamned >>foreign >>port trying to get an individual file by a slow ftp connection from my >>waterproof windows rugged tablet for subsequent transfer to my on below >> decks freebsd server I do not want to have to be frustratingly >> disconnected because the typing speed on my tablet is limited! > >why not use: > >ftp -A ftp.freebsd.org > >under windows, and > >ftp -a ftp.freebsd.org > >under freebsd? > >-Glenn because I never looked at the manual - and old habits die hard <chuckles> I guess there was no such thing when I first used ftp!! I still cant understand why the cut off is set so short!! I guess you are in the business of getting old dogs to learn new tricks!!! :-) David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.
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