--12:12:21--  ftp://war:*password*@0.0.0.0:21//iso/file.iso
           => `iso/file.iso'
==> CWD not required.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR file.iso ... done.
Length: 737,402,880

24% [========>                            ] 180,231,952   37.40K/s  ETA
4:02:27

13:31:51 (37.40 KB/s) - Data connection: Connection timed out; Data transfer
aborted.
Retrying.

This causes corruption in the file.
I need to try a client which supports rollback I guess.



"Alexander V. Lukyanov" wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 06:43:49AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > PROBLEM: With lftp, many of my downloads get corrupted.
> >          This is because the connection between my satellite link, and
> > my ISP
> >          gets severed, therefore causing FTP to resume.  Regular
> > connection
> >          breaks are normal on a satellite connection, they may only last
> > 1ms or
> >          less, however, they cause the FTP to resume, thus causing
> > corruption.
>
> Resume should not make any corruption unless the server does not handle it
> correctly. Which ftp server do you access?
>
> >        I've found only 1 character is different from the original.
> >        This is however, catastrophic for binary files.
>
> Is the character missing, duplicated or just differs in value?
>
> --
>    Alexander.

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