Re: FRESH_CONNECT=1 and TIMER_AFTER_URL_SLEEP =5000

[Robert I. <cor...@gm...>]

On 8/2/07, BuraphaLinux Server <bur...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hello,


Nice hearing from you.

FRESH_CONNECT=1
> TIMER_AFTER_URL_SLEEP=5000
>
> So what I expect to happen is that after the download and the
> connection is closed, there will be a 5 second pause, then a new
> connection will be opened.  Unfortuantely this is not what happens.  I
> guess that after the download there is a 5 second pause, then a close
> and reopen almost instantly.


My understanding here is that, when FRESH_CONNECT is set,
we need:
1) to close the connection;
2) only after the connection is closed to sleep for TIMER_AFTER_URL_SLEEP;

Please, confirm, that I got it. Thanks.
In any case your proposal is "The Right Thing to Do" (myTM)
:)


What happens is that after one batch of URLs is fetched, the
> curl-loader goes insane.
> It tries to connect instanatly and goes into an ultra-fast loop doing
> that.  Well the ftp server correctly just refuses everything at that
> point since curl-loader is opening hundreds of connections without
> waiting between failures.
>

It is actually DOS-ing. Hope, that this will not be the primary usage of the

tool.
:)

I will try next week (Sunday/Monday) to come with this correction and will
inform you,
when committed.

My best wishes.


Sincerely,
Robert Iakobashvili,
coroberti %x40 gmail %x2e com
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