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To: Paul Richards
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Subject: Re: ctm-cvs
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Jan 1996 10:21:32 GMT."
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:41:58 +0100
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp
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> In reply to Julian H. Stacey who said
> >
> > The alternative is of course to use ncftp in append mode, but I've never
> > done that, & would tend to distrust a core dumping program to leave a nice
> > uncorrupted tail on a prematurely truncated file,
> > I suggest if you go the append route, you keep a careful note of your first
> > ls -l size, just in case you need to fall back on dd :-)
>
> ftp's reget came to my rescue and it worked fine. I now have the big
> delta down, yippee. Next weekend I may finally get -current again :-)
>
> ppp core dumping worries me though....
I went though it to see if I could find anything, and long chat scripts
(40 or more elements) were the only obvious cause I could see...
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