Re: ftp hangs

2008-01-12 Thread A A
mks wrote: > > Here is a simple way to reproduce the problem: > > > > $ ftp -A mirror.rhsmith.umd.edu > > Anonymous login succeeded for [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > After this the ftp hangs forever. > > Windows' ftp.exe shows this behaviour when called from a Cygwin shell > because it lacks knowle

Re: ftp hangs

2008-01-12 Thread Markus Schönhaber
A A wrote: > Here is a simple way to reproduce the problem: > > $ ftp -A mirror.rhsmith.umd.edu > Anonymous login succeeded for [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > After this the ftp hangs forever. Windows' ftp.exe shows this behaviour when called from a Cygwin shell because it lacks knowledge of Cygwin's wa

Re: ftp hangs

2008-01-12 Thread A A
Two more pieces of information on the problem described below: 1) From XP command prompt the ftp works fine. 2) The only other anomalies I have noticed are the one described in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2007-12/msg00055.html and the fact that tar fails with "A lone zero block" for some f