Automatic FTP retry?

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Author: foodog
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Subject: Automatic FTP retry?
Alan Dayley wrote:
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> Is there an FTP client, or script, that will keep trying to connect to an FTP server and download a specific file?
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> I want to download an ISO from a particular site but it always comes back with a 421 error, "too many users connected." I would like to fire off a script or client app that will keep trying to login to the server and download the file so that I can just go to bed and it will get it for me. The file would be at something like:


ncftpget should work for you. By default it "redials" until it gets on;
you can limit the number of redials if you want though. It's included in
the ncftp package.

hth,
Steve