[Info-vax] preventing FTP from timing out

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply <helbig at astro.multiclothesvax.de> wrote:

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>> > 421 Service not available, remote server timed out. Connection closed.
>> > 122054124 bytes sent in 07:56 (250.35 KiB/s)

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> Maybe just the message is wrong.  There were two attempts and, thanks to
> VMS versions, I thus have both.  They are the same size.  Also, it
> appears that the entire file was transferred.  So, maybe just the
> message is wrong. 

The message should be time after the transfer finishes.

It might also happen if the TCP connection itself times out,
but I believe that should be different.

After the transfer, you have (usually) 15 minutes to type the
next command. You can, of course, type ahead a bye command.

Otherwise, use wget or wput and avoid interactive transfers.

-- glen