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Re: Tarred and Gzipped???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Burrell)
Mon Oct 28 14:05:12 1996
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:27:25 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91-941213.961028173036.24686B-100000@mere15.ncl.ac.uk> from "D.R. Merrin" at Oct 28, 96 05:33:13 pm
From: Ian Burrell <iburrell@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: iburrell@leland.Stanford.EDU
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>
> Downloading lots of files very quickly from sunsite tended to lose the
> connection for some reason with ncftp. Besides, one big file is easier to
> play with than lots of little ones.
>
The solution is not to use sunsite. I always find that it is way too
busy and slow. The mirrors (I use ftp.cc.gatech.edu frequently) tend
to be much better. One advantage to FTPing separate files is that you
can restart it if the connection croaks.
- Ian
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