I tend to use wget for ftp downloads these days. Netscape ftp download
is dodgy (especially for tar.gz/tgz files).

I don't know what's going on with your Netscape, but I'd suggest using
wget instead. It even supports resuming partially completed downloads.

Matthew

Peter Vogel wrote:
> 
> I tried downloading Netscape from their website server using
> Communicator.  It chugs away for an hour then stops with the ftp dialog
> saying "100% of 19Mb" and just sits there.  There is a 19MB file on
> disk, but it is not complete.  And when I close the ftp dialog with
> "stop" the file gets deleted.
> 
> I've tried this a few times with the same result.
> 
> Any suggestions what might be wrong?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Peter
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