On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, Randy Paz wrote:

> We use curl to obtain a file using FTPS. We have a routine that
> automatically* runs each morning. For some reason the automatic routine will
> hang. If I open a command prompt and enter the same command by hand the file
> usually transfers. It does not always do it on the first attempt. If the
> transfer does not start after about a minute, I usually stop it (control-c)
> and enter the command again. It usually works. The most I've had to do this
> is 3 times before getting the file.

To me this sounds like a serious problem somewhere and I don't think it is
within curl.

Your output shows how the data transfer doesn't start and it shows zero bytes
received forever. To me, this indicates a problem in the server end as the
RETR command is clearly sent and responded to but then there's no data
delivered.

Or do you intrepret it differently?

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  / daniel.haxx.se
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