Re: [Summary-Talk] Endless Log Download

[Lyn <lyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the tip Jim.

I think you are referring to Summary's setting: "Use passive FTP
(best for most firewalls)". This option has always been checked, so
I'm thinking that isn't the problem for us anyway.

Jason seems to think that its a problem with RUMPUS. Stil investigating...

Lyn


At 5:38 PM -0400 10/5/05, Jim Galvin wrote:
>Try FTP in passive mode. I don't know what changed in OS X (or maybe
>my host) or when but I have noticed if it is not in passive it just
>sits there and grinds away. This seams to fix the problem across the
>board.
>
>Jim
>
>On 9/27/05, Lyn <lyn@nowdata.com> wrote:
>>  WebSTAR? Who uses that? ;-)
>>
>>  Actually, it's RUMPUS 4.2.1 (latest version). I'll approach their
>>  technical support regarding this issue also.
>>
>>  - Lyn
>>
>>  At 6:26 PM -0400 9/27/05, Jason Linhart wrote:
>>  >This is almost certainly a problem with the FTP server, not with
>>  >Summary. Summary will download whatever the FTP server sends to it. If
>>  >the FTP server continues to send data, Summary will continue
>>  >downloading. If the FTP server stops sending data, Summary will stop the
>>  >download.
>>  >
>>  >The exact symptoms you describe would be what an FTP server running on
>>  >OS X that was written using the Carbon API would do (because of an Apple
>>  >bug in their Carbon support). For example, the FTP server included with
>>  >WebSTAR would do this.
>>  >
>>  >Jason
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >Lyn wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>  When automatically performing an FTP log download (incremental)
>>  >>  Summary will attempt to download the same log for hours on end. The
>>  >>  downloaded log becomes huge (sometimes exceeding the disk capacity).
>>  >>  Yet, the web server log is of normal (less than 5MB) size.
>>  >>
>>  >>  I've had this happen several times... all with one particular (very
>>  >>  busy) domain on an Apache server. Never had this problem with other
>>  >>  web logs (less busy domains) on the same server. The log that has
>>  >>  problems is always the current web log, not a previously-archived log.
>>  >
>>  >--
>>  >Jason@Summary.Net
>>  >--
>>  >Dr. Seuss books . . . can be read and enjoyed on several levels. For
>>  >example, 'One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish' can be deconstructed
>>  >as a searing indictment of the narrow-minded binary counting system.
>>  >     -- Peter van der Linden, Expert C Programming, Deep C Secrets
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