Question about the zftp module

Question about the zftp module

[DervishD]

    Hi all :)

    I have a problem with the zsh/zftp module, *not* with the zf*
function system, is the module.

    The problem is that once I launch, for example, 'zftp get
whatever' (just something that runs for a while), I cannot suspend
(^Z, SIGTSTP), nor interrupt (^C, SIGINT) the command, even sending
directly the signal with 'kill'. The shell doesn't even respond to
SIGTERM!

    The above is not exactly true ;)) The signals are processed but
after a very long period of time, cannot tell how much, for it
varies. This makes killing or suspending a zftp command a very
annoying task :((( In fact, if you're in a hurry the best solution is
ye olde SIGKILL, but... well, you know.

    I use zsh 4.0.6 in a do-it-yourself Linux box, and I'm probably
the one to blame for this strange behaviour of zftp O:))

    Thanks a lot in advance :)))

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

-- 
Linux Registered User 88736
http://www.pleyades.net & http://raul.pleyades.net/

Re: Question about the zftp module

[Peter Stephenson]

DervishD wrote:
>     The problem is that once I launch, for example, 'zftp get
> whatever' (just something that runs for a while), I cannot suspend
> (^Z, SIGTSTP), nor interrupt (^C, SIGINT) the command, even sending
> directly the signal with 'kill'. The shell doesn't even respond to
> SIGTERM!

It's quite possible, zftp's signal handling has always been flakey.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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Re: Question about the zftp module

[DervishD]

    Hi Peter :)

 * Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> dixit:
> >     The problem is that once I launch, for example, 'zftp get
> > whatever' (just something that runs for a while), I cannot suspend
> > (^Z, SIGTSTP), nor interrupt (^C, SIGINT) the command, even sending
> > directly the signal with 'kill'. The shell doesn't even respond to
> > SIGTERM!
> It's quite possible, zftp's signal handling has always been flakey.

    Any solution? I would like to use zftp as my ftp client, but if
I'm not able to suspend it or killing it...

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

-- 
Linux Registered User 88736
http://www.pleyades.net & http://raul.pleyades.net/