http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/archive/doc/unix/unixhelp/Unixhelp/tasks_ftp3.2.4.2.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)If your transfer appears to have got stuck, you can retry it by "kicking" it.
1. To kick a transfer request:
hhkick transfer_id
You can't kick transfers that don't belong to you.