In MPEX you can launch FTP, or whatever else for that matter, as a son
process using goon (go-on).  Then, if it hangs then you can just kill that
son process and start over without having to log back in again.
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Tony Newton


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Brandt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] FTP hangs, can't abort
>
>
> At 03:54 PM 11/7/2000 -0500, I wrote:
> >Sometimes when I run the FTP client on one HP3000 to get a file from
> >another HP3000, the client hangs after the message:
> >
> >150 File: <file name> opened; data connection will be opened
> >
> >
> >It just sits there, I can't break it, and I have to kill the session
> >running the FTP client.  I have not tracked down the reason it hangs.
> >
> >Is there a way to kill the FTP client without killing the
> session running
> >it?  Can a timeout parameter be set so the client will
> return to MPE on
> >its own if there is no activity?
>
> Tony Newton pointed out that there is a timeout command in the FTP
> client.  I will give that a try.  I still don't know if there
> is a way to
> kill the FTP client without killing the session running it.
>