maybe I'm wrong but I did not find any related man pages that mention
the subject
Index: pkg_add.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/pkg_add/pkg_add.1,v
retrieving revision 1.67
diff -u -r1.67 pkg_add.1
--- pkg_add.1 20 Jun 2007 15:41:36 -0000 1.67
+++ pkg_add.1 5 Nov 2007 12:14:21 -0000
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@
.Xr ftp 1 .
Must point to a command that understands
.Li ${FETCH_CMD} -o - url .
+.It Ev FTP_KEEPALIVE
+If set to a duration in seconds ftp will try to ensure that an inactive
connection will not dropped.
.It Ev PKG_DBDIR
Where to register packages instead of
.Pa /var/db/pkg .
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see ya,
giovanni
