From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 16 09:24:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA26731 for current-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 09:24:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from minnow.render.com (render.demon.co.uk [158.152.30.118]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA26326 Tue, 16 Jan 1996 09:19:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dfr@localhost) by minnow.render.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA07145; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 11:36:19 GMT Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 11:36:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Paul Richards cc: jhs@freebsd.org, paul@netcraft.co.uk, phk@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ctm-cvs In-Reply-To: <199601161021.KAA14000@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Paul Richards wrote: > 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 am currently soak testing some patches to ppp which improve stability. My ppp -auto to Demon Internet has been running since last Friday and still appears to work... -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 251 4411 FAX: +44 171 251 0939