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Re: 6 months!
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 24 Nov 1998 23:31:04 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.comNOSPAM
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Richard Dee <richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net> wrote:
> I do have a question regarding ftp downloads.....
> I was advised to find an ftp site to download this file. If, in the event
> I experienced the same problems downloading again, I could just go to
> the site again, and pick up where I had been "let off." I tried this,
> and interrupted the transfer at 100kb. When reconnecting, it just opened
> the 100kb that I had already downloaded, and made no further attempt to
> download the rest of the file. Is it something I did, or was it the browser?
> It was Netscape Communicator 4.2, BTW.
Well, first I wouldn't use Communicator to ftp files, although it may
be capable of rudimentary ftp commands. I would download a graphical
ftp client like CuteFTP or BulletProof, both of which have resume
capability.
The server he's running has to support resume as well, but most do
nowadays.
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| I do have a question regarding ftp downloads..... I was advised to find an ftp site to download this file. If, in the event I experienced the same problems downloading again, I could just go to the site again, and pick up where I had been "let off." (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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