Re: solving some of our FTP problems

1995-12-17 Thread Ian Murdock
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > Everybody has problems with truncated uploads, etc. Generally they can't > fix them by themselves. I wanted to repair this by automating the FTP > archive process to check against the changes file and then move the file > into place. Ian Murdock objected

Re: solving some of our FTP problems

1995-12-17 Thread Ian Murdock
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd love that feature too. But that either requires a damn good script, > or that everybody uses the same .changes format. I think everyone *should* be using the same format. Bill has addressed my complaints and suggestions about the old dchanges f

Re: solving some of our FTP problems

1995-12-11 Thread Bdale Garbee
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : : I'd love that feature too. But that either requires a damn good script, or : that everybody uses the same .changes format. "Obviously", everyone should use the same .changes format... but I don't care what that is, which is why I stayed out of the di

Re: solving some of our FTP problems

1995-12-10 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Bdale Garbee writes: Bdale> This solves the problem, since Pending wouldn't allow uploads, and Bdale> only things that look like packages with changes files for which all Bdale> the pieces look intact would be copied. Scripting this doesn't seem Bdale> hard, either... wake up once in a

Re: solving some of our FTP problems

1995-12-10 Thread Bdale Garbee
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : I think we should arrive at a happy medium - uploads : are verified against their .changes file and moved into an accessable : area that is not their final resting place. Ian can then move them, with : the confidence that their integrity has been checked,