Re: Remote file attributes
Re: Remote file attributes
- Subject: Re: Remote file attributes
- From: "Yvelise Deledicq" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:22:43 +0100
- Organization: Techcity
I tried many ways but now i'm using CURLHandle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Zitzmann" <email@hidden>
To: "Yvelise Deledicq" <email@hidden>
Cc: <email@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: Remote file attributes
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On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:30 AM, Yvelise Deledicq wrote:
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> * How can I know the size of the remote files before downloading them
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> from
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> ftp
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> or http?
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Under FTP, you generally can't unless you got a directory listing in
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advance and took note of the file's size.
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Under HTTP, the size is part of the HTTP header returned by the server.
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So it depends on how you're fetching the content. If you're doing this
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at a low level, then you'll have to catch the size HTTP header. If
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you're using a URL fetching framework, like CURLHandle or OWF, then
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there's probably a documented way...
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> * Once I start downloading it how I will be able to know the bytes I've
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> downloaded in order to increase the progress bar?
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That depends on what framework you're using, if any.
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What framework/class, if any, are you planning to use to do the
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download?
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Nick Zitzmann
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