ftp and ncftp hangs: any ideas?

[Hack Kampbjørn]

Rob Anderson wrote:
> 
> Newest version installed off the web today, previous version
> 6 mos ago did not have the problem.
> 
> Symptom: ftp hangs after ls, or get, or put. It hangs
> AFTER completing the operation. (overrun?)
> 
> Systems: Win 98 (cygwin) talking to Linux.
> 
> Other:
>       I thought it might be related to rxvt, so I switched back to
> the dos shell: it still hangs under bash.
>       I tried ncftp, often it will run without hanging, however if
> I set "passive" or other switches it too will hang. It seems like if
> I set any options for it, it hangs the same way.
>       I tried redirecting the console (<<!) and ftp still did the
> same thing, ncftp seems to overrun, but I have no previous experience
> with ncftp to compare.
> 
> THE DOS VERSION OF FTP works ok, it does not hang under the dos shell
> so (IMO) it is bash/cygwin related.
> 
> Any ideas on what to try?

Yes look in .ncftp/trace. It's probably a network or configuration issue 
but without debug output it's impossible to tell.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob


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Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

Hack Kampbjørn


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