ARCHIVED: In command line FTP, how can I avoid being timed out when transferring a long file?

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To avoid getting timed out during long file transfers using command line FTP, turn on hashing by entering at the ftp> prompt: 

  hash

FTP will then write a "#" for every packet transferred and thus prevent timing out due to inactivity while the file transfer is in progress.

Note: This won't prevent a transfer failure caused by network or server problems.

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