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From: "Bernard A Badger" <bab AT vx DOT com>
To: "Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Setup.exe: FTP Control Timeout While Choosing Packages
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:11:43 -0400
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I cannot say this authoritatively, but it is my impression that some 
ftp servers ignore the FTP NOOP command and time you out anyway.

That doesn't mean it definitely won't help at all on any site,
but it may fail to help on certain sites.
FWIW

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Randall R Schulz
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:27 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Setup.exe: FTP Control Timeout While Choosing Packages
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've noticed that when I use an FTP mirror to download Cygwin components 
> and I take too long poring over the list, clicking and selecting and 
> whatnot, sometimes the FTP server will time out and close the control 
> connection, and when I finally move on to the download stage, it fails 
> immediately ("Download incomplete") and I'm forced (well, offered the 
> option) to start over.
> 
> Perhaps Setup.exe could periodically send an FTP NOOP command to keep the 
> control connection alive? Alternately, it could attempt to re-connect. I 
> have no idea how much work this would be, so please just consider it an 
> offhand suggestion.
> 
> This is Setup 2.249.2.5, Windows 2000, SP2, dial-up modem connection using 
> the "Direct Connection" option of Setup.exe.
> 
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
> 
> 
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