--- lib/transfer.c	Wed Sep 12 14:02:12 2001
+++ lib/transfer.c.mis	Sat Oct 27 15:28:06 2001
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
       interval.tv_sec = 1;
       interval.tv_usec = 0;
 
+      start = Curl_tvnow();
       switch (select (maxfd, &readfd, &writefd, NULL, &interval)) {
       case -1:			/* select() error, stop reading */
 #ifdef EINTR
--- lib/ftp.c	Mon Sep 24 14:37:19 2001
+++ lib/ftp.c.mis	Sat Oct 27 15:49:30 2001
@@ -190,15 +190,9 @@
   if (ftpcode)
     *ftpcode = 0; /* 0 for errors */
 
-  if(data->set.timeout) {
-    /* if timeout is requested, find out how much remaining time we have */
-    timeout = data->set.timeout - /* timeout time */
-      (Curl_tvlong(Curl_tvnow()) - Curl_tvlong(conn->now)); /* spent time */
-    if(timeout <=0 ) {
-      failf(data, "Transfer aborted due to timeout");
-      return -SELECT_TIMEOUT; /* already too little time */
-    }
-  }
+  if(data->set.timeout) 
+    timeout = data->set.timeout;
+  
 
   FD_ZERO (&readfd);		/* clear it */
   FD_SET (sockfd, &readfd);     /* read socket */