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Date:      Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:52:24 +0100
From:      J65nko <j65nko@gmail.com>
To:        Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FTP using .netrc
Message-ID:  <19861fba1002011252u249f52j4b9e15cd862a7baa@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B66A8E8.50903@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <4B66A8E8.50903@a1poweruser.com>

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On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> Goal is to download the install source directory tree so I can use it as
>  an target for local ftp sysinstall.
>
> The problem is that the FreeBSD ftp server keeps timing out before
> everything is downloaded. This is the error message ftp gives me.
>
> 421 Service not available, remote server timed out. Connection closed
>
> This is the command line command used to launch the ftp session
> ftp -v ftp.FreeBSD.org
>
> It defaults to using /root/.netrc which is shown below
>
>
> machine ftp.FreeBSD.org
> login anonymous
> password FBSD@home.com
> macdef init
> prompt off
> cd /pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE
> epsv4 off
> mget  ERRATA.HTM ERRATA.TXT HARDWARE.HTM HARDWARE.TXT README.HTM
> mget  README.TXT RELNOTES.HTM RELNOTES.TXT cdrom.inf docbook.css
> $ getdir base catpages dict doc games info kernels manpages ports  proflibs src
> quit
>
> macdef getdir
> ! mkdir $i
> mget $i/*
>
>
> Question is how can I make FTP resume the download at the place it timed
> out. IE not start at the beginning and re-download all the same files
> all ready received. ftp -vR ftp.FreeBSD.org just starts downloading from
> the beginning again.

That .netrc looks familiar ;)

I never had that issue, but I always used a ftp mirror site listed in
the handbook, instead
of one of the busiest ftp sites in the world .;)



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