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FileZilla Client Feature Request: Additional FTP Keep-alive features

Posted: 2021-03-18 20:38
by DennisOlof
Is it possible to add these features to FileZilla as I had them in FlashFXP that I no longer use.

I attach two files so you can see what I am talking about.

Re: FileZilla Client Feature Request: Additional FTP Keep-alive features

Posted: 2021-03-19 15:33
by botg
There are no plans to extend keep-alive, the existing functionality is more than sufficient.

Re: FileZilla Client Feature Request: Additional FTP Keep-alive features

Posted: 2021-03-19 20:08
by DennisOlof
Ok, then I know.

Tried to find some basic information on how the keep-alive works in FileZilla but could not find it.

Re: FileZilla Client Feature Request: Additional FTP Keep-alive features

Posted: 2021-03-19 22:37
by boco
Keep alive will send "alive" commands every 30 seconds, for up to 50 minutes IIRC. Then, it will stop (to not keep you connected forever, should you have forgotten to disconnect).

Keep-alive will only fool basic connection timeouts, but not the more aggressive no-transfer timeouts. To actually reset a no-transfer timer, you need to initiate a transfer.

Re: FileZilla Client Feature Request: Additional FTP Keep-alive features

Posted: 2021-03-22 09:30
by botg
Even if you get disconnected, FileZilla automatically reconnects the next time you perform an operation.

Re: FileZilla Client Feature Request: Additional FTP Keep-alive features

Posted: 2021-03-22 16:42
by DennisOlof
boco, thanks. This is the information I was looking for. Why not include that in the program or something like that.

Then you would know when selecting that feature what it does and how it works.

Thanks :-)