Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:56:26 PST From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall REALLY needs a "reset FTP state" option, or something Message-ID: <96Dec16.225629pst.177711@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Dec 96 20:06:15 PST." <96Dec16.200619pst.177711@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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In message <96Dec16.200619pst.177711@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> I wrote: >(Or, even better, a keepalive so that a connection that >hasn't transferred a byte in an hour times out and you get the ftp >reselection menu...) The problem is actually that the client sends "RETR foo" to the server and never receives a response. It'd be nice if sysinstall (ftplib?) had a timeout for responses from the server, so that things like this don't completely hose the install. (If it closed and reopened the connection, it could continue). Bill
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