From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-03-01T08:03:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::FTP hangs

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Timothy Hunter wrote:
>
>> Peter Booth wrote:
>>> Works for me from script or in irb. I'd be suspicious about your 
>>> name resolution
>>>
>>> I'd suggest breaking this down - do any of the net examples work?
>>> Try an http example
>>> Try writing a dns client
>>>
>> open-uri works to retrieve a web page via a url. curl works. I 
>> installed the most recent version of Ruby but it didn't help.
>>
>
> ftp.passive = true
>
> ??
>
> -a
That did the trick, Ara! Thanks! Now the question is, why?