Stream Read Hangs during ftp put

[John Bailo]

I am using a StreadReader in an ftp put process.

The problem is the .Read() method can stall or hang, and there is no
built in timeout or error thrown.

Is there a way to throw an exception, or do I need to use a different
technique. I've examined at least 4 different implementations of ftp
libraries in c# and they all use the same basic code. I've also tried
using both a StreamReader and a BufferedStreamReader.

Here's where the code hangs (it gets stuck on the .Read in the while loop):

BufferedStream inputb;

while ((bytes = inputb.Read(buffer,0,buffer.Length)) > 0)
{
cSocket.Send(buffer, bytes, 0);
}

The thing is it actually does ftp the file, it's just the code gets
stuck on the final read, and can't continue to the next steps.

At this point, I am thinking of implementing a watchdog thread to throw
an error after a few seconds. I've used that in java successfully for
another project.

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