Robert Citek wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Knute Johnson > <nospam / rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> wrote: >> Would somebody please try this on Linux for me. It works fine on >> Windows but hangs on Fedora. > > I ran this script: > > true && ( > set -x > cat /etc/issue.net > ruby -v > cat ftp.rb > /ftp.rb > ) >& output.txt > > Here's the content of output.txt: > > $ cat output.txt > + cat /etc/issue.net > Ubuntu 7.10 > + ruby -v > ruby 1.8.6 (2007-06-07 patchlevel 36) [i486-linux] > + cat ftp.rb > #!/usr/bin/ruby > > require 'net/ftp' > > def getMetar(id) > metar = Array.new > i = 0 > ftp = Net::FTP.new('tgftp.nws.noaa.gov') > puts ftp.login > puts ftp.sendcmd('PASV') > ftp.chdir('/data/observations/metar/stations') > ftp.gettextfile("#{id.upcase}.TXT") do |line| > metar[i] = line > i = i + 1 > end > ftp.close > return metar > end > > puts getMetar("KBFL") > > + ./ftp.rb > 230 Login successful. > 227 Entering Passive Mode (140,90,128,71,211,81) > 2008/02/21 04:54 > KBFL 210454Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/06 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T00830061 > > Regards, > - Robert > OK, so it's not a Linux problem it's my Linux problem. -- Knute Johnson email s/nospam/knute/ -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDem