> Ori Idan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I connect to a remote server using the command line FTP client. > > The server is set that after a certain time of inactivity it closes the > > connection. > > Is there a way that the FTP client will send a "keep alive" message so > > that if I live the client opened for few minutes and then issue another > > command, I will not get thrown away because of timeout? > > I think you can send the "idle" command to the server, which will > adjust the timeout, but only up to the maximal value set by the > server. > > Check "man ftp", "man ftpd", especially the -t and -T options to the > server.
I have tried it and set the server to the maximum time limit it can, my question is how to keep the connection alive indefenitly. -- Ori Idan ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
