Hanging FTP

[pjb]

I have a shell script that executes an FTP. Occasionally, the FTP hangs (probably on the connect to the other server),and I have to manually kill the job the next morning. Is there anyway to have the FTP time-out and cancel mechanically?

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
ftp arg list &
sleep 3600 # 1hour time out
kill $!

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[nawlej]

run it inside of a function, execute it inside of a background process in a timed loop.

function run_ftp
{
#do your ftp stuff here

#end with this in your function
#you dont want to generate a bad return
#if this succeeds
exit 0
}

##MAIN
#run it in the background while the script continues.
run_ftp &

#grab the PID
FTPPID=$!

#set the timer to whatever you want to error on
sleep 300

#kill the ftp process.
kill $FTPPID

#exit on error after timer expires
exit 1

-Hope this helps.

 

[guggach]

i dont know wich OS you are using.
documented is: on solaris, ftp is buggy especially if
running in 'passive' mode and oftener hangs ((
no longer probls, since i installed 'ncftp' (it's also a
better ftp) on my server.
google for 'SFWncftp.3.0.1.pkg' (or better).


guggach