[NBLUG/talk] FTPing large files

steve smith sjs at sonic.net
Thu Jan 7 20:56:35 PST 2010


>   I think the right focus is why it's failing.  That's very odd, as 
> I've used FTP to transfer multi-gigabyte files without difficulty.
>
> Do you have an error message that FTP is generating?  Which FTP 
> program are you using?  Is the destination server a generic web host?  
> They might be quashing the connection purposefully.
>
> - Chris
>
I've had problems with FTP moving large files across poor lines.  WGET 
is probably as fast as FTP and it has a way to recover an interrupted copy.

I agree that it would be nice to know why FTP is failing but may be 
difficult to track down.

Steve S.



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