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From: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert)
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Subject: Re: Install Wish
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> 
> Redirecting the ncftp input from /dev/null to cause it to exit on
> failure fixes this.  Looping can be provided with a shell "while".
> 

Ncftp has a "-r" switch to re-"dial" and a "-d number" to specify the
delay between attemps.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT     -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-     roberto@FreeBSD.ORG
  FreeBSD keltia 2.0.950416-SNAP #17: Sun Apr 16 17:12:07 MET DST 1995