On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 03:14, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 0On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > OK, so if base isn't compilable, then what is it good for? I don't see
> > > any add-on packages that would make it usable.
> >
> > AFAIR, the only reason for having the split packaging is to accommodate
> > people who are downloading across flaky connections --- less to retry if
> > your connection drops. You still have to download all the data if you
> > want to have a useful package, no?
>
> Correct ... even on high speed connections, I've had problems in the past
> getting large files to download, so it makes it easier if you only have to
> retry a part, instead of hte whole thing ...
Most modern ftp servers and clients support resuming aborted downloads,
no ?
[hannu@rh72 DL]$ ncftp ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.3beta/
NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason (ncftp@ncftp.com).
Connecting to
64.49.215.8...
postgresql.org FTP server (lukemftpd 1.2 beta 1) ready.
Logging
in...
Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Logged in to
ftp.postgresql.org.
Current remote directory is /pub/source/v7.3beta.
ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta > get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz
postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: ETA: 0:03 0.63/ 1.02 MB 131.44 kB/s
*** NB! I pressed ^C here
select: Interrupted system call
postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: 0.72/ 1.02 MB 112.17 kB/s
get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: data transfer aborted by local user.
ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta > get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz
The local file "postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz" already exists. Local: 753768 bytes, dated Thu Sep 05 07:28:40
GMT-52002. Remote: 1070154 bytes, dated Thu Sep 05 07:28:40 GMT-5 2002.
[O]verwrite? [R]esume? [A]ppend to? [S]kip? [N]ew Name? [O!]verwrite all? [R!]esume all? [S!]kip
all? [C]ancel > R
postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: 1.02 MB 112.59
kB/s
ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta >
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Hannu
