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From: syserror@bugs.zoo
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: File arguments too long!
Summary: ftp bug
Keywords: ftp mget
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.222936.24697@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 91 22:29:36 GMT
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Greetings,

Sometimes when using FTP, after using an 'mget *.xyz'  I get
the message 'File arguments too long' whereupon none of the get 
or put commands will function anymore. Others have also reported
the problem. Yet nowhere have I seen it documented. Does anyone
have an explanation for this odd behavior? Is it a bug?