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From: gary@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Gary Buchholz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Buffer resource problem with FTP multi-file transfer
Message-ID: <2042@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 17:39:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: sphinx.2042
Posted: Mon Jul  6 17:39:06 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jul-87 07:22:34 EDT
Reply-To: gary@sphinx.UUCP (Gary Buchholz)
Organization: University of Chicago
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Summary: (I'd really like to backup my hard disk - easily)
Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:3140 comp.unix.questions:3107


  I wrote a small csh script to backup a 50meg hard disk on a mini
to a mainframe using FTP.  
  After the successful transfer of about 60-70 files I get a "No
buffer space message".  
  The script was originally written to run on the mini (A Convergent
Technoligies Miniframe / System V) to FTP "PUT" files to the mainframe
(a Pyramid running 4.2BSD).  I got a "out of space message".  Thinking
that it was a possible limitation of the small machine I modified the
script to do GETS and ran it from the Pyramid.  I encounter the same
buffer problem.

  How do I fix it ?  Or, how do I get around it ?

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Script started on Mon Jul  6 16:00:07 1987

  (debug output of successful transfer of
      approx 60 files deleted. . .
         relevant output follows. . . )


---> PORT 128,135,12,98,7,114
---> RETR /src/hack/hack.worm.c

---> PORT 128,135,12,98,7,115
---> RETR /src/hack/hack.worn.c

---> PORT 128,135,12,98,7,116
---> RETR /src/hack/hack.zap.c
/src/hack/hack.zap.c: No buffer space available.

---> PORT 128,135,12,98,7,117
---> RETR /src/hack/def.edog.h
/src/hack/def.edog.h: No buffer space available.
   
     (The file transfer hangs at this point)
 
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Thanks,
   Gary