Debian bug report logs - #1733
ncftp problems

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From: karl@tower.com.au (Karl Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Bug#1733: ncftp problems
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 02:09:12 +0800 (WST)
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> Firstly, if I a transfer (say from ftp.debian.org) is aborted halfway
> through, attempting to get the same file produces the incorrect
> message `Already have <foo>', and I have to use `-f'.

Ever thought of the -C instead of -f?  ncftp 2.2.0 is out now in any case - I 
wonder if the author has implimented any changes to this?

...Karl

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From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>
Subject: ncftp problems

Firstly, if I a transfer (say from ftp.debian.org) is aborted halfway
through, attempting to get the same file produces the incorrect
message `Already have <foo>', and I have to use `-f'.

Secondly, ncftp should have been compiled with readline support :-).

Ian.

debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> get sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
sysklogd-1.2-13.deb:  60%
[1]+  Stopped                 ncftp debian
You have mail in /usr/spool/mail/ian
-chiark:~> kill %1

[1]+  Stopped                 ncftp debian
-chiark:~> ncftp debian
NcFTP 2.1.0 (July 15, 1995), by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft.
Current local directory is /u/ian/download.
Trying to connect to ftp.debian.org...
**********************************************************************
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debian:/debian> private/project/Incoming
Permission denied.
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> dir
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-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian    24010 Oct 21 23:18 dc-1.03-8.deb
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-rw-rw-r--  1 10000  debian    85637 Oct 21 15:40 infocom-4.01pl2-1.tar.gz
-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian    30720 Oct 22 13:38 netbase-1.19-1-diffs.tar
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-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian      402 Oct 22 13:39 netbase-1.19-1.md5
-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian   194560 Oct 22 13:45 netstd-1.19-1-diffs.tar
-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian  1771520 Oct 22 14:09 netstd-1.19-1-src.tar
-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian   647650 Oct 22 14:14 netstd-1.19-1.deb
-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian      396 Oct 22 14:10 netstd-1.19-1.md5
-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian    84706 Oct 21 23:18 sharutils-4.1-7.deb
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-rw-rw-rw-  1 0      debian   175230 Oct 21 23:17 sharutils-4.1-7.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r--  1 10000  debian    23868 Oct 21 15:40 sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
-rw-rw-r--  1 10000  debian    15516 Oct 21 15:40 sysklogd-1.2-13.diff.gz
-rw-rw-r--  1 10000  debian    36042 Oct 21 15:40 sysklogd-1.2-13.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r--  1 10000  debian     2946 Oct 21 15:40 watch-1.0-1.deb
-rw-rw-r--  1 10000  debian     6424 Oct 21 15:40 watch-1.0-1.tar.gz
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> get sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
Already have sysklogd-1.2-13.deb.
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> get -f sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
sysklogd-1.2-13.deb: sysklogd-1.2-13.deb:  23868 bytes received in 8.78 seconds, 2.65 kB/s.         
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> 

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