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Article: 12704 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: FTP idle time-out?
Date: 22 Aug 2001 20:00:16 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <8PTg7.10973$2u.79082@www.newsranger.com>,
Rob B. <nospam@newsranger.com> wrote:
: I am writing a script to automate an ftp process using Ckermit 8.0
: beta. I need to be able to set a time-out so if the server is not
: responding the process will terminate with an error message, I believe
: that the default timeout must be set to infinite. Is this even possible?
:
No, sorry. Unlike Kermit protocol, FTP doesn't time out. Instead it
relies on the underlying TCP/IP protocols to take care of such things. If
the connection dies, the FTP operation will fail. However, TCP/IP does not
interpret idleness or nonresponsiveness as a lost connection, at least not
until TCP Keepalives kick in several hours later.
I can see how a timeout feature might be useful for FTP and will look into
adding one before the final 8.0 release.
- Frank