From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Mouw To: martin@loewis.home.cs.tu-berlin.de Cc: TGibson@bellhelicopter.textron.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: GCC Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 00:29:00 -0000 Message-id: <200003280829.KAA26269@duteinh.et.tudelft.nl> References: <200003272051.WAA00976@loewis.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> X-SW-Source: 2000-03/msg00717.html On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:51:05 +0200, Martin v. Loewis wrote: >> I have been trying to download the GCC but my browser hangs on the ftp link. >> I have also tried to connect to the gnu and other mirror ftp sites using my >> ftp software but it gives a "connect timeout". Could you possibly email me >> the GCC. I am primarily interested in the Java compiler for win95/98. > > Instead of the Web browser, you can try wether the command line ftp > client is any better, or try to get a good ftp client (like > wsftp). With ftp, you can restart transmission if the connection times > out. Another good tool that supports continue mode over http as well as ftp links is GNU wget ( ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/ ). > I personally cannot send you binaries - they'd have to go twice over > my phone line, and I cannot afford that. Mailing large binaries on unreliable links doesn't make sense anyway. The SMTP protocol doesn't have a continue mode, so it will try for a couple of days before it will bounce the message back to the sender. Erik -- "I'm just this guy you know?" -- Zaphod Beeblebrox in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams