ftplib - Did the whole file get sent?

[Brendan]

On Oct 23, 1:03 pm, Sean DiZazzo <half.ital... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 22, 10:48 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
>
> cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:03:38 -0700, Sean DiZazzo wrote:
> > > How can I assure him (and the client) that the transfer completed
> > > successfully like my log shows?
>
> > "It has worked well for many years, there are no reported bugs in the ftp
> > code
> > [...]
>
> Thanks for your advice Steven.  I agree with you,and did take that
> approach to start with.  Then the request for the actual FTP "ack"
> caught me off guard.  I had to break out Wireshark and run a few tests
> just to make sure I knew exactly what I was talking about.
>
> I think I will try to explain that asking for the "ack" is not really
> a valid request.  Something like this:
>
> "Technically, these messages are used only on the lowest level of the
> FTP protocol itself.  Any client or library implementing FTP would be
> sending these messages under the covers...in this case I think its
> done in the socket library.  It is possible that there is a bug in the
> Python FTP library, just like it's possible there is a bug in any
> other FTP client.  Considering how long this library has been around
> (~15-20 years), and how often it is used, it is very unlikely that a
> bug causing a partial transfer but showing a success has managed to
> stick around for so long."
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> > > Is ftplib reliable enough to say that if an exception is not thrown,
> > > that the file was transferred in full?
>
> > Python 2.4 is pretty old. Have you checked the bug tracker to see if
> > there are any reported bugs in ftplib that might be relevant? Or the
> > What's New for 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7? The source code for ftplib seems fairly
> > straightforward to me -- if there was an error, I can't see that it could
> > have been suppressed.
>
> > But really, unless you can reproduce the error, I'd say the error lies
> > elsewhere.
>
> > --
> > Steven
>
> I'll check bugs and whats new before sending any response.  The more I
> think about this, I am beginning to think that he is just trying to
> find someone to blame for a problem, and has chosen me.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> ~Sean

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