From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 20 04:44:19 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id EAA26317 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 04:44:19 -0700 Received: from singularity.bevc.blacksburg.va.us (singularity.bevc.blacksburg.va.us [198.82.204.56]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA26311 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 04:44:17 -0700 Received: (from cstruble@localhost) by singularity.bevc.blacksburg.va.us (8.6.11/8.6.9) id HAA23648; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 07:44:33 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 07:44:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Craig Struble Reply-To: cstruble@vt.edu To: Ollivier Robert cc: Terry Lambert , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Install Wish In-Reply-To: <199504200829.KAA02707@blaise.ibp.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 20 Apr 1995, Ollivier Robert wrote: > > 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. I think I was misunderstood. I meant in the install utility for 2.x. When an FTP fails, a nice bright dialog box saying "ftp to ... failed" and my only option is to hit the "Ok" button, when I'm frantically saying "No, no, no, give me another chance!!!!". I know I can use the ncftp -r option once I have things installed or if I shell out during the installation process, but I really would like to keep it smooth and simple; it's been one of the nicest things about installing the 2.x releases. See ya later, Craig -- Craig Struble, Grad Student |_ Virginia Tech, cstruble@vt.edu |_ What is this? http://acm.vt.edu/~cstruble/ |_ /\*([^\*]|\*+[^\*/])*\*+/ Ask for PGP Public Key |