RE: losing an FTP connection

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, there is a specific FTP command, (RETR, I think), that determines 
whether or not transfers can be restarted.  Typically, an FTP client will 
perform an initial RETR to see if the FTP server supports the command.  Some 
do, some don't.  If the RETR is successful, then the client knows it can resume 
a transfer from where it failed.  So, in fact, both the client AND the server 
must have the resume capability in order for restart to work.

Joe

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Urbanek, Marty" <Marty_Urbanek@stercomm.com>
Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:24:07 -0500

[snip]
I have not checked RFC959 (FTP
specification), but I have seen FTP restarts after partial transmissions,
for example using Windows FTP client to download from certain websites, so I
know that is possible.
[snip]

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