Since the problem involves a server timeout which you have problems getting around, I suggest that you use system calls. Under normal circumstances, of course, this is hardly "good", but since you really need the power of fork under windows (if I understand correctly), then your best bet would be to interface with a shell-based FTP client. This might involve writing to a temporary file to upload, but it circumvents the timeout on the scripts (perhaps a config option for this?) and will get the job done with minimum hassle. The script looks good and, as you say, it works fine until a timeout, so you've probably nailed the problem alot of other people have had in FTP via web. Good luck!

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