>Number:         3053
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ftp -a never gives up.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 22 03:05:00 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     matthew green
>Organization:
people's front against (bozotic) www (softwar foundation)
>Release:        <NetBSD-current source date>november 28
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD splode.eterna.com.au 1.2B NetBSD 1.2B (_splode_) #336: Sun Dec 22 21:25:00 EST 1996 root@splode.eterna.com.au:/orb/t/build/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_splode_ sparc


>Description:

	ftp -a retries connections to ftp servers, even if the ftp server
	rejects a connection.

>How-To-Repeat:

nvg.unit.no was refusing my connection, but i kept trying:

splode ~> ftp -a ftp://nvg.unit.no/pub/spectrum/incoming
Connected to nvg.unit.no.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp: Can't connect to host `nvg.unit.no'.
Connected to nvg.unit.no.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp: Can't connect to host `nvg.unit.no'.
Connected to nvg.unit.no.

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: