Anyone know what this is all about ? I'm using ``ftp -pV'' as my fetch command. Is ftpd on *all* these systems really stupid enough to time out the control channel when the data channels busy ? Should ftp be changed so that it does the occasional NOOP ? >> Attempting to fetch from >ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/comp/tex/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources/. Retrieving pub/comp/tex/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources/teTeX-texmf-1.0.tar.gz 100% |**************************************************| 31442 KB 00:00 ETA ftp: No control connection for command. >> Attempting to fetch from >ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/tex/ctan/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources//. Retrieving pub/tex/ctan/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources//teTeX-texmf-1.0.tar.gz 100% |**************************************************| 31442 KB 00:00 ETA ftp: No control connection for command. >> Attempting to fetch from >ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/packages/TeX/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources//. Retrieving packages/TeX/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources//teTeX-texmf-1.0.tar.gz 100% |**************************************************| 31442 KB 00:00 ETA ftp: No control connection for command. >> Attempting to fetch from >ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/TeX/CTAN/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources//. Retrieving pub/TeX/CTAN/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources//teTeX-texmf-1.0.tar.gz -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message