Wouldn't something like rsync be better suited for this?
I only ask because I've run something like this before...

Matt Darby

Richard Davey wrote:

Hello Matt,

Saturday, July 16, 2005, 3:04:29 AM, you wrote:

MP> I am writing a script that will read a file from a remote server
MP> and write it to the local server. It works fine except when large
MP> files are attempted. It times out and gives the error that the
MP> maximum execution time has been reached and the file will only be
MP> partially copied to the local server. Is there a way around
MP> something like this? Or perhaps could the script keep time of how
MP> long it has been running will reading/writing and then be able to
MP> continue writing to the partial file? Does anyone have any
MP> suggestions for this problem?

Providing you feel it's safe / user friendly to do so, just increase
the time-out: set_time_limit()

Best regards,

Richard Davey

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