Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 23:39:26 +0100 From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> To: FreeBSD-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org, j@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: bin/2528: fetch(1)'s timeout is ridiculously short Message-ID: <9701192239.AA13184@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> In-Reply-To: <199701191110.DAA27226@freefall.freebsd.org> (message from J Wunsch on Sun, 19 Jan 1997 03:10:01 -0800 (PST))
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>>>>> J Wunsch writes:
> Don't imply a timeout of its own. A TCP connection has a timeout in
> the range of 4 hours, and i fail to see a reason why an application
> should abort an otherwise intact TCP connection. We are not Windows.
> :-)
Maybe, but I have seen ftp sessions which never end. Not after 4
hours, not even after 4 days.
And you can always 'export FTP_TIMEOUT=14400'.
Jean-Marc
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