Re: FTP without timeout?

From: Dave Brueck (dave_at_pythonapocrypha.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:47:21 -0600
To: python-list@python.org

Steve Holden wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>
>> How do I setup an FTP connection without timeout using ftplib.FTP?
[snip]
> Though frankly, from the documentation, since there doesn't appear to be
> a default timeont on sockets, I'm not sure where this bizarre ten minute
> timeout is coming from. The string "time" doesn't appear at all in the
> ftplib source, so I'm somewhat stumped.
>
> Are you sure the server doesn't require some sort of keepalive from the
> client?

An intermediate firewall could also need a keepalive - it's not uncommon for
them to kill idle connections after a few minutes.

-Dave

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