While transfering hundreds of files to our sun solaris 8 box file
transfer interupts. This happens with z/OS (OS/390) and Windows NT
clients.
Time out (ftpd) is 3000 seconds, the conection ist lost not at the
same time
or while transfering a specific file: multiple transfers of the same
files
result in different points where connection is lost. But sometimes it
works fine.
With AIX Boxes we have no problem, but the sun solaris 8 box shall
replace the AIX box.
I know, ftp ist not reliable for transfering multipe files. wget or
wput may be better.

Any idea?

Is this a known problem? I found nothing in the web.

Uwe
(Bonn, Germany) 

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Jan 19 07:41:17 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 577562 daemon.debug]
command: PORT 160,1,1,79,8,250
Jan 19 07:41:17 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 988435 daemon.debug] <---
200
Jan 19 07:41:17 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 223037 daemon.debug] PORT
command successful.
Jan 19 07:41:17 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 577562 daemon.debug]
command: STOR ps1.18.01.2004.ich_2.jpg
Jan 19 07:41:17 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 988435 daemon.debug] <---
150
Jan 19 07:41:17 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 742713 daemon.debug]
Binary data connection for ps1.18.01.2004.ich_2.jpg (160.1.1.79,2298).
Jan 19 07:41:18 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 988435 daemon.debug] <---
226
Jan 19 07:41:18 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 759353 daemon.debug]
Transfer complete.
Jan 19 07:41:18 sunqsc1p in.ftpd[1908]: [ID 103687 daemon.debug] lost
connection

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In article <c043971c.0401190245.40ab7cc0@posting.google.com>,
Uwe Newmiwaka wrote:
: While transfering hundreds of files to our sun solaris 8 box file transfer
: interupts. This happens with z/OS (OS/390) and Windows NT clients.  Time out
: (ftpd) is 3000 seconds, the conection ist lost not at the same time or while
: transfering a specific file: multiple transfers of the same files result in
: different points where connection is lost. But sometimes it works fine.
: With AIX Boxes we have no problem, but the sun solaris 8 box shall replace
: the AIX box.  I know, ftp ist not reliable for transfering multipe
: files. wget or wput may be better.
: 
: Any idea?
: 
Take a look at the Kermit FTP client.  It has options for resuming an
interrupted multi-file transfer without re-transferring the files that were
transferred already and (if the server cooperates) also resuming the transfer
of any incomplete files at the point of failure (binary mode only).

  http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpclient.html

- Frank