Re: Timeout required for FTP

2003-07-21 Thread Paul Hoffman
I'm not sure this will fix your problem, but you can specify a timeout value in the constructor: $ftpClient = Net::FTP->new( $FTP_server, Timeout => $my_timeout, # etc. ); The only thing is, the default is 120 seconds, so unless the server is up but really, really

Timeout required for FTP

2003-07-21 Thread G.B.Evans
Hi all, I'm having a problem with FTP, where the remote site is only partially available and the connect/login/put/get doesn't report an error and doesn't time out. This leads to the situation where a hanging run on a Friday evening locks up the whole process until the following Monday, when it