Re: Copy-subtree?
Andy Norman (ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Sun, 06 Aug 1995 22:04:44 +0100
Sandy writes:
>> Maybe you could try it, somehow notice a wedge (kill and
>> restart), but at least rescue those cases which can be rescued.
> Yes, my thoughts too. I haven't made this a high priority though,
> because the difference between an abort transfer command (ABOR) and a
> kill and restart is only a couple of seconds. The ABOR command is
> what the FTP client is supposed to send to abort a transfer in
> progress. I think most clients send this if given a quit signal. If
> anybody is interested, the protocol for ABOR is on page 34 of RFC 959.
There is one case where an ABOR is better than kill and restart. That is when
you are connected to a site which has a limit on the number of anonymous ftp
connections. In the window between the kill and restart, somebody else's
client may have grabbed the slot.
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