From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 66-197-196-101.hostnoc.net ([66.197.196.101] helo=www5.stonewebs.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I2rWr-0005Ky-00 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:35:05 -0400 Received: from 75-120-38-87.dyn.centurytel.net ([75.120.38.87] helo=[192.168.2.100]) by www5.stonewebs.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1I2rWq-000362-Jt for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:35:04 -0500 Message-Id: From: Travis Siegel To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20070625062622.GA4515@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v890.2) Subject: Re: ftp question Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:34:53 -0500 References: <20070625062622.GA4515@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.890.2) X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: books@softcon.com, msiegel@softcon.com, support@windowbridge.ws, tsiegel, tsiegel@softcon.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - www5.stonewebs.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - softcon.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:35:05 -0000 I've never had a problem with any ftp client (including ncftp) from just typing get file1 then without waiting for it to finish processing that command, or even while it's downloading, simply type get file2, and it queues them automatically. So, when file1 is finished, it automatically starts getting file2. I'm sure there's a setting somewhere in the config files that will tell it to get them in sequence or simultaneously, but I've never fiddled with that, and my files always come down one after the other. I.E. you don't have to wait for file1 to be finished before asking for file2, but it will wait until file1 is finished before getting file2 anyway. This works for standard ftp as well. (never used lftp, so can't comment) The reason this works is because when you type a new command, it simply goes into the buffer, and the ftp program processes the input buffer *after* it's finished what it's doing at the moment.