Re: [MacPerl] FTP client?

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pjstoaster.pg.md.us>]

At 1:22 AM -0800 12/3/97, Rich Morin wrote:

} I'm trying to FTP several thousand files from a Unix-based server
} to a Jaz disk mounted on a PowerMac 7100/80.  I've been using Fetch
} 3.0, with the preferred memory set to 5000.  I have Fetch running
} in the foreground and the screen saver disabled.  With all of this,
} Fetch dies in assorted parts of the transfer, saying:
}
} 	Open Transport Error: No Address was specified.
}
} Can anyone suggest:
}
}   *  a way to make Fetch (OT?) more robust

Have you played with it's preferences, like the transfer buffer size and
whether or not it makes OT calls?

}   *  a better alternative (Anarchie?)

Try it and see.  Generally I prefer Fetch for point-to-point type work, and
Anarchie for searching and retrieving.

}   *  a MacPerl-based solution

Net::FTP, part of libnet, but your problem isn't with Fetch per se, it seems.

}
} Elegance is not the issue; I just need to transfer these bits!

UUCP?  Sneakernet?

}
} Yours, Rich
}
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