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Old 06-19-2002
ftp file locking
I have a set of scripts to do software releases to remote machines which uses ftp. I'm having a problem getting 'lost connection' messages.

What I wanted to ask is, does ftp employ some sort of file locking if two ftp processes are trying to copy the same file at the same time? & if so could this be causing one of the processes to timeout?

If not, what does happen if two ftps try to copy a files at the same time?
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Old 06-19-2002
If a file exists on an ftp server and two users both want to download a copy, ftpd takes no special action. Unix, like every other os that supports mutiple processes, has no trouble at all with two (or more) processes reading from the same file.
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Old 06-19-2002
Thanks, at least I know it's not that now.

It's become apparent that it's some sort of problem with one of the remote machines. It's timing out on it's own now. I'll just pass it to our network guys.
 
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