w...@netbsd.org (Thomas Klausner) writes: >I.e. there is a time limit of 60s but the job runs for two or three >weeks without apparent progress. This looks like a bug in ftp(1), or?
3986 1 ftp CALL read(5,0x7b3fb003,5) 3986 1 ftp RET read RESTART 3986 1 ftp PSIG SIGALRM caught handler=0x29f7c mask=(): code=SI_TIMER sent by pid=0, uid=0 with sigval 0x0) 3986 1 ftp CALL __gettimeofday50(0x7fffc440,0) 3986 1 ftp RET __gettimeofday50 0 The alarm signal handler is set with SA_RESTART for if (quit_time > 0 || progress) { to enable a 1 Hz "timeout" that effectively disables the quit_time feature. -- -- Michael van Elst Internet: mlel...@serpens.de "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."