>Default number of TCP retries is 6 in exponential backoff and should
>time out after a few minutes. That's how long you have to
>resynchronize your TCP stream before the other end destroys the
>session...
Ten panicked seconds shouldn't be a problem then.
>TCP ensures that data is not corrupted, so if the program was written
>properly, all packets should be sent and received correctly, but who
>knows if the app you are using has signaling issues ;-/
That's reassuring. :eyes roll:
>No. You should be using md5sum or some other hashing algorithm to
>verify things like this...
In theory, but the other box can only be reached via FTP (it's
basically rented space) so running an md5sum function ain't happening
unless I devote another four or five hours to FTPing down the file I
just put up.
I should probably just set the backup to run again Saturday at 3AM when
nobody's on the system.
>Agreed :-) I just glanced over your email, but you do know about
screen right?
Wasn't that the thing that let you run multiple windows in a
command-line terminal?
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