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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: FTP reports "out of memory"
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- Keywords: FTP a/ux 2.0
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:18:05 GMT
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- xdaa374@ut-emx.uucp (Bill Douglass) writes:
-
- >Appreciate some debugging help. I'm running a IIfx with a/ux 2.0. 4MB RAM
- >(I know, too little, but for now it must do. I have killed the Mac-like
- >Login and am just running getty on the console.) Plenty of swap space.
-
- >I am attempting to set up automated file transfers between this box and a Mac
- >IIsi running NCSA Telnet 2.5. The process runs smoothly at first, but after
- >a few commands, the a/ux ftp programs dies with the message
- > ftp: Out of memory
- >and returns to the shell. I can't figure what it is complaining about: buffers
- >or virtual memory or what?
-
- >Any clues, pointers, etc. are greatly appreciated. I do want this to run
- >reliabily as an indication of what Unix and a/ux are capable of, in hopes of
- >garnering a stronger committment from the top management for more support (and
- >money, of course. Buy some of that much needed memory.)
-
- I believe (it's been a while since I looked at the ftp/ftpd code) that
- many (most) times, ftp is "given" this message from the ftp daemon that
- it's communicating with. In other words, the ftp daemon on the other
- size has "run out" of memory and your ftp is telling you.
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- Jim Jagielski NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4
- jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, MD 20771
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