Re: Down Loading

[Bob Clark <rlclark@penn.com>]

Pete Poff wrote:
> 
>  Hi,
>         the service that I use to get onto the internet only allows me 1
>  hour at a time, then I have to quit and log back on.  There are somefile
>  that are like 7 meg, and take 1 1/2 hours to download and the service I
>  use kick me off after 1 hour.  How could I
>  download it?
> 
>                       Pete Poff---AKA---BlackJack
>             Personal E-Mail Address: ppoff01@mail.coin.missouri.edu
>             Kyron E-Mail Address:    blackjack@cybercon.com
>             Kyron address:          telnet.cyberconinc.com 4000
> 
> 
Use ftp "get <filename>" the first time then use "reget <filename>" on
subsequent ftp sessions.  I think reget is supported by most ftp
servers.  It has worked for me every time I've tried it.  I think
dselect does a reget when you use the ftp method.

--Bob